244 BLENNIID.E. 



7. Salarias amboinensis. 



Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. ii., Amhoina, p. G7. 

 D.||. A. 20. V. 2. 



The height of the body is contained seven times and two-fifths in 

 the total length, the length of the head six times and two-thirds. 

 No crest on the head or tentacles on the neck ; a short fringed ten- 

 tacle above the orbit, and a simple one at the nostril. Canine teeth 

 none. The dorsal fin is slightly emarginate, and does not extend on 

 to the caudal ; the posterior portion is higlier than the anterior and 

 than the anal fin, but much lower than the body. Violet, marbled 

 with brownish and greenish ; fins yellow : the anterior part of the 

 dorsal marbled with violet, and with a blue spot between the first 

 and second spines ; the posterior part with three violet spots at the 

 base ; each anal ray with a brown spot. {Bl.) 



Sea of Amhoyna. 



8. Salarias rivulatus. 

 Hiijij}. Atl. Fische, p. 114. 



D. 34. A. 20. 



The height of the body is contained five times in the total length, 

 the length of the head five times and a half. Anterior profile nearly 

 vertical ; canine' teeth none. A simple and long tentacle above the 

 orbit and a small one at the nostiil ; none on the neck. The dorsal 

 fin is slightly emarginate, commences in the vertical from the giU- 

 opening, and is continuous with the caudal ; the anterior portion is 

 lower than the posterior, but higher than the anal fin. Light brown, 

 with irregular oblong yello'wish spots, edged with darker ; fins 

 brownish, margin of the dorsal lineolated with darker. 



Red Sea. 



9. Salarias fasciatus. 



Blennius gattorugine, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 2.3. 



fasciatus, Bl. ii. p. 111. taf. 1G2. fig. 1; Bl. Schn. p. 168. 



Salarias quadripinnis, Biipp. Atl. Fische, p. 112. taf. 28. fig. 2 ; Ciw. 



tV T rt/. xi. p. 318 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en 



Goh. p. 19. 



fasciatus, Cm. H: Val. xi. p. 324. 



priamensis, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 268. 



D.f^- A. 19-21. 

 The height of the body is contained five times in the total length, 

 the length of the head six times and a half. Anterior profile nearly 

 vertical ; canine teeth none. A pair of fringed tentacles above the 

 orbits, another on the nape of the neck ; crest none. The dorsal fin 

 is not notched, begins in the vertical from the extremity of the oper- 

 culum, and is continuous with the caudal fin. The anterior anal 

 rays are sometimes semidetached and elongate. Brown, irregularly 

 variegated, spotted and dotted with yellow and blue ; immature spe- 

 cimens with eight brown vertical bands. Throat and chest with 



