blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 367 



never been illustrated we are pleased to present an illustration (pi. 

 119, A, B, C) of the holotype. 



Lacepede (p. 479. 1. c.) did not establish the genus Alticus. That 

 author used the descriptive words, "Alticus saltatorius, . . ." not in 

 the binomial sense. Thus the genus Alticus must date from Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes, not Lacepede. 



ALTICUS SALIENS (Lacepede) 



Plate 119,D,E,F 



Blennius saliens LacepJjdb, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 2, p. 479, 1800 

 (type locality, New Britain; Bougainville). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Guam: 2 lots, 5 specimens, 17 to 42 mm. in standard length. 

 Saipan: 1 lot, 1 specimen, 39 mm. 

 Tinian Island: 1 lot, 1 specimen, 33 mm. 

 Agrihan Island: 1 lot, 14 specimens, 21 to 37 mm. 



Description.— DoTsal rays XIV,21 to 23 usually 22; anal rays 11,25 

 to 27 usually 27; pectoral 15; no branched rays in caudal fin; pelvics 

 1,4; orbital tentacle single, with 2 to 4 cirri on both inner and outer 

 edges; nuchal cirrus absent; a single nasal cirrus on each nostril. 



Head 4.8 to 5.2; greatest depth 6.0 to 6.4; longest pectoral ray 4.6 

 to 5.1; snout tip to anus 2.6 to 2.7; anal fin base 1.7 to 1.8; all in 

 standard length. Eye 3.0 to 3.9; snout 2.2 to 2.4; postorbital length 

 of head 1.6 to 1.7; greatest depth of body 1.2 to 1.3; least depth of 

 body 3.0 to 3.2; longest pectoral ray 0.9 to 1.1; longest dorsal spine 

 2.0 (9) to 1.0 (cf); all in length of head. Fleshy interorbital space 

 2.4 to 3.0 in eye. 



Orbital tentacle usually with 1 or 2 cirri on inner side and 2 to 4 

 on outer edge of otherwise simple dermal tentacle; no nuchal cirrus; 

 nasal cirrus simple, single, short, on upper edge of each nostril ; snout 

 profile curved or rounded Avith a forward slant of about 20 degrees 

 from the vertical; edges of both lips crenulate; lateral line represented 

 by 1 or 2 pores at upper edge of gill opening; vertical line through 

 dorsal origin passes just behind pelvic bases; membrane on posterior 

 side of last soft dorsal and last anal ray obsolete, not attaching to 

 caudal peduncle; anal origin opposite base of fourth or fifth from last 

 dorsal spine; pectoral fins reachmg to anus or nearly there; anal 

 spines small, first embedded on females but not on males; tips of anal 

 rays not notably swollen on adult males; posterior pair of canines on 

 lower jaw present, but small; teeth in both jaws fine, very numerous, 

 movable; no vomerine teeth; posterior margin of caudal fin rounded; 

 cephalic crest on adult males well developed, on adult females a low 

 dermal fold. 



