254: 



BLENNIID.E. 



37. Salarias diproctopterus. 

 Bleeket; Boeroe, ii. p. 69. 



D. 11-12 I 17. A.^. 



The anal fin is divided by a notch into two portions. The height' 

 of the body is contained seven times in the total length, the length 

 of the head six times and two-fifths. A short simple tentacle on 

 the neck, above the orbit, and at the nostril. No canines in the 

 lower jaw. The dorsal fin is deeply notched, and extends on to the 

 caudal. Greenish, marbled with violet ; vertical fins dotted \\\i\\ 

 brown. {Bl.) 



Sea of Kajeli (Burn). 



38. Salarias nigricans. 



Entomacrodus nigricans, GUI, Proc.Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 108. 

 D. 11 I 15. A. 17. V. 3. 

 The height of the body is contained six or seven times in the total 

 length, the length of the head foiu' times and a half. Head without 

 any tentacle. Dorsal fin notched to the base, free from the caudal. 

 Canine teeth of the lower jaw strong. Uniform blackish. (Gill.) 

 Coast of Barbadoes. 



39. Salarias vomerinus. 



Cur. 4* Val- xi. p. 349; Jeni/ns, Zool. Beadle, Fishes, p. 88. pi. 17. fig. 3. 

 D. 12 I 15-16. A. 18-19. V. 4. 



A series of teeth on the vomer. The height of the body is one- 

 sixth or one-seventh of the total length, the length of the head one- 

 sixth. A short fringed tentacle at the nostril, another behind the 

 eye, and a simple one on each side of the neck. Canine teeth of the 

 lower jaw strong. Greyish : body and caudal fin with darker cross- 

 bands ; the anterior dorsal edged with white, the posterior with 

 oblique whitish streaks ; tips of the rays of the anal black. 



Coast of Bahia. Cape Verde Islands. 



b. A crest on the head. 

 40. Salarias lineatus. 



? Salarias lineatus, Ciiv. cV Val. xi. p. 314. 



Salarias lineatus, Bleek. Verhand. Bcdav. GenootscJi. xxii., Blemi. en 

 Gob. p. 18. 



D. 12 I 23. A. 25. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 sixth of the total. A low rounded crest on the crown of the head ; 

 a short bifid tentacle above the orbit ; canine teeth none. The dorsal 

 fin is deeply notched, and continuous with the caudal. Brownish 

 above, with five to seven brown longitudinal stripes on the sides ; 



