258 BLENNIIDiE. 



a half in the total length, the length of the head six times and two- 

 thirds to six times and a half. The space between the orbits is con- 

 cave ; forehead not ])rominent. A crest on the head ; a simple ten- 

 tacle above the orbit and a fringed one at the nostril ; a canine tooth 

 in the lower jaw. The dorsal fin is emarginate, and extends on to 

 the caudal ; the posterior portion is as high as the body, and higher 

 than the anterior and than the anal. Greenish-rosc-colovired : a 

 bluish transverse streak beloAV and another behind the eye ; oper- 

 culum with a blue spot ; body with eight or nine brownish cross- 

 bars, and with about ten longituchnal streaks of the same colour ; 

 the spinoiis dorsal with brown, blue-edged spots ; the lower half of 

 the soft dorsal with oblique brown streaks, the upper reticulated with 

 violet and blue ; anal fin with \Tiolet margin and numerous bluish 

 dots. 



Coast of Western Biliton. 



a. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



48. Salarias cyanostigma. 



Sleeker, Verhand. Batar. Genootsch. xxii., Bleiin. en Gob. p. 18. fig. 18. 

 B. 6. B. 12 1 22. A. 24. 



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

 total length, the length of the head six times and a half. A ti'ian- 

 gular rounded crest on the occiput; a simple tentacle above the 

 orbit, longer than the eye. A canine tooth in the lower jaw. The 

 dorsal is notched to the base, and not continuous with the caudal. 

 Greenish, with five or six brown cross-bauds and blue dots on the 

 sides ; fins brownish. {Bl.) 



East Indian Archipelago. 



49. Salarias hasseltii. 



Bleaker, Natunrh. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. i. p. 257. fig. 14, and viii. p. 174. 

 D. 12 1 23. A. 24-25. 



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

 eight times in the total length, the length of the head five times 

 and two-thirds to six times and three-quarters. Male with a rounded 

 crest on the crown of the head ; a fringed tentacle, shorter than the 

 eye, above the orbit and at the nostril. Canine teeth none. The 

 dorsal is deeply notched, and continuous with the caudal ; the two 

 portions are nearly equal in height, lower than the body and higher 

 than the anal. Violet-rose-coloured, with four or five lighter longi- 

 tudinal stripes and inconspicuous violet cross-bands ; dorsal fin 

 brownish, the lower half with obhque bluish stripes, the margin with 

 a blue, brown and yellow longitudinal band ; the anal and caudal 

 are yellow in the female, brownish in the male. 



Seas of Java, Sumatra, and the Cocos Islands. Feejee Islands. 



a, h. Fine specimens. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



