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19. Salarias cuvieri. 



Salarias variolatus, Gw. Sf Val xi. p. 346. pi. 330 (not Salarias vario- 

 losus) ; Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. p. 269. 



D. 11 I 18. A. (2 + ) 20. V.^-L. 



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

 the length of the head five times, and that of the caudal fin six times 

 and a third. A long, triangular, fringed tentacle above the orbit ; a 

 series of numerous ciliated tentacles on the neck. Lower jaw with 

 very small canines. The dorsal fin is distinctly notched, and the 

 rays of the anterior portion project beyond the membrane ; the 

 anal is lower than the dorsal. Brown (in spirits), dotted with 

 white ; fins blackish. The dots arc red during life. Sometimes 

 uniform brown. 



Island of Juan Fernandez. 



a, h. Large specimens, nine inches and a half long. Chile. From 

 Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



20. Salarias textilis. 

 Salarias textilis, ( Qxioy df Gaimanl) Ctw. ^ Val. xi. p. 307. 

 D. 12 I 15. A. 16. 



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

 total length. A strong canine tooth in the lower jaw ; a short ten- 

 tacle, formed by five filaments, above the orbit ; a smaller one on the 

 neck and at the nostril. The dorsal is deeply notched : the anterior 

 portion is not quite on'S-third of the depth of the body ; the second 

 is twice as high, and does not extend on to the caudal. Greenish, with 

 twelve or fourteen brownish-violet cross-bands arranged in pairs, and 

 interrupted by three series of whitish dots ; the third series corre- 

 sponds to the lateral line. A square spot above the pectoral, darker 

 than the bands ; dorsal with oblique broAvn stripes, caudal with 

 vertical series of black dots. 



Island of Ascension. 



21. Salarias marmoratus, 



Blennius marmoratus, Bennett, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 35. 

 Salarias marmoratus, Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 305. 



D. 12 I 15. A. 18. 



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

 total length. A strong canine tooth in the lower jaw; a tentacle 

 half as high as the head, and with some filaments at the base, above 

 the orbit ; a small fringed tentacle on the temple, a third one at the 

 nostril. The dorsal is deeply notched, and does not extend to the 

 root of the caudal, the space between the two fins being one-tenth 

 of the total length. Brownish, marbled with darker. 



Ceylon. Sandwich Islands. 



