blenniidae: salariinae — schultz and chapman 371 



Paratypes. — USNM 111875, Guam, Ypao Point, August 9, 1945, 

 D. H. Johnson, 5 specimens, 38 to 47 mm.; USNM 124120, Guam, 

 Oca Point, June 19, 1945, D. H. Johnson, 3 specimens, 27 to 31 mm.; 

 USNM 124343, Saipan, June 1945, White, 1 specimen, 39 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal rays XIII, 17 to 19; anal 11,18 or 19; pectoral 

 15 occasionally 14; tips of 2 or 3 middle caudal fin rays sometimes 

 branched on adults; pel vies 1,4; orbital tentacle over each eye; no 

 nuchal cirrus; nasal cirrus single, simple. 



Certain measurements were made on the holotype and one female 

 paratype; these data are recorded, respectively, in thousandths of the 

 standard length, which are 41 and 38.2 mm.: Length of head 232 and 

 235; greatest depth 195 and 204; least depth of body 78 and 79; post- 

 orbital length of head 165 and 141; diameter of eye 54 and 58; length 

 of snout 95 and 84; fleshy interorbital space 17 and 26; length of or- 

 bital tentacle 129 and 58; longest dorsal spine 146 and 110; longest 

 dorsal soft ray 159 and 131; longest anal ray 127 and 97; longest pec- 

 toral ray 210 and 215; longest pelvic ray 139 and 147; longest caudal 

 ray 224 and 215; snout tip to anus 468 and 464; snout tip to dorsal 

 origin 244 and 223; length of anal base 444 and 393. 



Head 4.2 to 4.5; greatest depth 5.1 to 5.2; longest pectoral ray 4.3 

 to 4.7; snout tip to anus 2.1 to 2.2; anal fin base 2.2 to 2.3; all in 

 standard length. Eye 3.2 to 3.9; snout 2.3 to 2.8; postorbital length 

 of head 1.5 to 1.8; greatest depth of body 1.2 to 1.3; least depth of 

 body 3.0 to 3.1; longest pectoral ray 1.0 to 1.1; longest dorsal spine 

 1.6 to 2.1; all in length of head. Fleshy interorbital space 2.5 to 3.5 

 in eye. 



Orbital tentacle broad and thin, ribbonlike, near end tapering to a 

 point, edges with several tiny cirri; orbital tentacle on adult males 2 

 to 2K times eye diameter, on adult females only about half eye diam- 

 eter; no nuchal cirrus; nasal tentacle short, simple; snout profile 

 rounded, with a somewhat forward slant; edge of upper lip crenulate, 

 that of lower lip crenulate in middle % with outer sixth smooth; lateral 

 line with several pores over pectoral fin, ending about opposite % the 

 way towards tip of pectoral fin; vertical line through dorsal origin 

 passes through rear edge of pelvic base; dorsal fin with a deep notch 

 over last dorsal spine; membrane behind last dorsal fin ray only 

 basally and connecting to upper edge of caudal peduncle; anal origin 

 under base of fourth from last dorsal spine; last anal ray without 

 membrane posteriorly; pectoral fins almost reaching to anus; anal 

 spines small, first embedded in females; tips of anal spines in adults 

 not swoUen; posterior canine present on each side of lower jaw; teeth 

 fine, very numerous, movable, of equal size in both jaws; distal margin 

 of caudal fin rounded; cephalic crest well developed in adult males, 



