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22..Salarias areuatus. 



? Salarias striatus, ( Quoy ^- GuimA Ctiv. ^ Val. xi. p. 309. 

 Salarias arenatus, Bleeker, Cocos, iii. p. 173. 



D. 12 I 15. A. 17. 



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

 the length of the head five times and a quarter. A short divided 

 tentacle above the orbit and at the nostril, a very small simple one on 

 each side of the neck. A small canine tooth in the lower jaw. The 

 dorsal fin is deeply notched, and terminates immediately before the 

 caudal; the posterior portion of the dorsal and the anal fin are 

 nearly equal in height, higher than the first dorsal and lower than 

 the body. Body yellowish-rose-coloured, marbled with purple and 

 dotted with violet ; a blackish spot above the scapulary region, a 

 blackish transverse band behind the eye ; fins yellow, the rays of the 

 dorsal and caudal dotted with brown. 



Seas of Sumatra and of the Cocos Islands. (He de France ?) 



a. Adult. From the CoUection of the College of Surgeons. 



23. Salarias vermiculatus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. xi. p. 301. 



B. 6. D. 12 1 15. A. (2-h) 18. 



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

 fifth of the total. The space between the eyes is slightly grooved, 

 and its width equals the diameter of the orbit. A strong canine 

 tooth in the lower jaw ; a tentacle with fringed extremity above the 

 orbit, another at the nostiil. The dorsal is deeply notched ; the 

 anterior portion commences on the neck, and is one-third the depth 

 of the bodj- ; the posterior terminates at the root of the caudal. 

 Grepsh : head, body, anal and base of the dorsal vermiculated with 

 brown. {Vol.) 



Seychelles; Sunda Sea. 



24. Salarias rabro-punctatus. 



Cuv. 8^ Val. xi. p. 348 ; Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. p. 271 ; Ictiol. Ail 

 lam. 2 bis, fig. 1 : Cux\ lU^gne Ani?n. III. Poiss. pi. 77. fig. 3. 



D. 11 I 17. A. 20. 



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

 fifth of the total. The forehead does not project beyond the mouth. 

 A very small tentacle on the neck, a longer fringed one above the 

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

 does not extend on to the caudal. Brown, marbled with black and 

 dotted with reddish ; a black spot on the anterior part of the dorsal ; 

 throat .with two or three brownish cross-bands. 



Island of Juan Fernandez. 



a. Fine specimen. Chile. From Mr. Bridces' Collection. — This 



