252 BL>:xNiiD^ . 



to the caudal. Brownish, indistinctly marbled with reddish-brown ; 

 the rays of the dorsal and caudal dotted with brown ; anid greyish, 

 with blackish margin. (In life green, with rose-coloured dots. Val.) 



Coast of Malabar. Port Essington. 

 a. Half-grown : not good state. Port Essington. From the Haslar 

 Collection. 



32. Salarias sumatranus. 

 Bleeker, Bleim, en Gob. p. 25G. 



D. 12 I 20. A. 22. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-sixth. On each side of the occiput and above the 

 orbit a short simple tentacle ; another, which is bifid, at the nostril. 

 Canine teeth none. The dorsal fin is deeply notched, and continuous 

 with the caudal ; the posterior portion is lower than the body, but 

 higher than the anterior and than the anal fin. Greyish : the an- 

 terior dorsal with blackish longitudinal bands, the posterior wdth 

 numerous oblique yellow stripes, and supei-iorly with longitudinal 

 series of black dots ; caudal green ; anal Avith two or three series of 

 brown dots. {Bl.) 



East Indian Archipelago. 



33. Salarias hendriksii. 



Bleeker, BiUton, iv. p. 2.3-3. 



D. 13 I 20. A. 21. 



The height of the body is contained seven times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head six times and a quarter. The 

 space between the eyes is concave ; the forehead does not project 

 beyond the mouth. A short simple tentacle above the orbit ; another, 

 which is fringed, at the nostril. A canine tooth m the low^er jaw\ 

 The dorsal fin is moderately emarginate, and does not extend on to 

 the caudal ; the posterior portion is lower than the body, but higher 

 than the anterior and than the anal. Violet-rose-coloured : body 

 with eight double darker cross-bare ; each space between two bars 

 with a violet spot. Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins brown-spotted, the 

 anal with a brownish band near the margin. {Bl.) 



Coast of Western Biliton. 



34. Salarias edentnlus. 



Blennius edentidus, Bl. Schn. p. 172. 



Salarias forsteri, Cm: Sf Val. xi. p. 315; Bleek. Blenn. en Gob. p. 255. 



Blennius truncatus, Forst. Descript. Anitn. air. LicMenst. p. 231. 



D. 12 I 21. A. 23. 

 The height of the body is contained six times and a half in the 

 total length, the Icnglli of the head six times. A simple and slender 

 tentacle above the orbit and another at the nostril : the former is as 



