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pigmented area near middle of cbeek and on some specimens 

 three obscure darker cross bars on under side of head. 



Salarias nitidus Giinther 



SALAKIAS FASCIATUS (Bloch) 



Blennms fasciatus Bloch, Naturgeschichte der ausliindischen Fische, pt. 2, p. 

 110, pi. 1G2, fig. 1, 1786. 



115430, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 3 large specimens. 

 52193, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 11 specimens. 



SALARIAS EDENTULUS (Bloch) 



Blennms edentidus Bloch, in Schneider, Systema ichthlologiae, p. 172, 1801. 



An examination of the type of /Salarias gamiani Jordan and Seale 

 (U.S.N.M. No. 51792) indicates that it is the young of this species. 

 There is little doubt in my mind that Salarias rechingeri Steindachner 

 is also this species. Fowler refers it to the genus Cirripectes^ but Stein- 

 dachner says that there is a slight trace of a crest on the rear of the 

 head. He does not mention a fringe as suggested by Fowler. The 

 description of Salarias sindonis Jordan and Seale does not agree with 

 the types in the jar numbered U.S.N.M. No. 51792. That number is 

 incorrect for that is the type of S. garmani and its description agrees 

 with No. 51792. The specimens in jar 51793 are the same species as 

 51792, and both are here referred to the species S. edentulus. I have 

 not been able to locate the specimen from which figure 105, S. sindonis, 

 in Jordan and Scale's publication, was drawn, and am unable to match 

 that form with any material from that region at the present time. 



115437, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 04 specimens. 



115439, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12-20, 1939, 6 specimens. 



115431, Swains Island, reef, May 3-9, 1939, 3 specimens. 



11.5433, Tutuila Island, reef at entrance Pago Pago Bay, June 2, 1939, 2 

 specimens. 



115435, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 40 specimens. 



115440, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 24 specimens. 



115436, Canton Island, reef of widest channel. May 13, 1939, 7 specimens. 



115438, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 69 specimens. 

 115434, Enderbury Island, reef. May 15-19, 1930, 64 specimens. 



115441, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 26 specimens. 



115432, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 23 specimens 

 52526, Apia, Samoa. Jordan and Kellogg, 23 specimens. 



51792 (type of ^. garmani Jordan and Seale), Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and 

 Kellogg. 



51793 (labeled as types of S. sinck>nis Jordan and Seale, but they are S. 

 garmani), Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 20 specimens. 



SALARIAS LINEATUS Valenciennes 



Sala7-ias lincaius Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle 

 des poissons, vol. 11, p. 314, 1836. 



115428, Canton Island, reef of widest shallow channel, May 13, 1939, 3 

 specimens. 



