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long as the diameter of the eye. Canine teeth none. The dorsal fin 

 is deeply notched, not continuous with the caudal ; the anterior por- 

 tion is scarcely lower than the posterior, which is higher than the 

 anal fin. Greyish, with darker cross-bands : fins yellowish, the rays 

 of the dorsal dotted with brown ; anal with a brownish margin ; caudal 

 with two or three brown transverse bands. 



Polynesia. Eastern parts of the East Indian Archipelago. 



35. Salarias goesii. 



Bleeker, Act. Sac. Sc. Indo-Nederl. vi., New Guinea, p. 19. 

 D. 14 I 19. A. 20. 



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

 length of the head one-sixth. A short slightly fringed tentacle 

 above the orbit, another simple one at the nostril. Lower jaw with- 

 out canine teeth. The dorsal fin is moderately notched, the soft 

 portion being higher than the spinous ; it is not continuous with 

 the caudal fin. Violet-rose-coloured with darker dote, which are 

 crowded together on the back, forming cross-bands. Dorsal irregu- 

 larly spotted with brown ; anal and ventrals immaculate ; caudal with 

 three transverse series of blackish spots ; pectoral with some small 

 black spots on the rays. 



Coast of Doreh (New Guinea). 



36. Salarias aequipinnis. 

 D. 1^. A. 25. V. 1/2. 



The height of the body is nearly one-tenth of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-seventh. Canine teeth none. A very short 

 tentacle above the posterior portion of the orbit, none on the neck. 

 The dorsal fin commences in the vertical from the base of the pec- 

 toral, is distinctly emarginate, and terminates before reaching the 

 caudal. In one of the specimens the second dorsal spine is pro- 

 duced into a filament as long as the head, the remainder of the fin 

 being rather lower than the soft portion, which is as high as the body. 

 Caudal rounded, one-sixth of the total length. The pectoral extends 

 nearly to the vent ; ventral short, with the outer spine thick, carti- 

 laginous. Dark olive (in spirits), spotted with darker, the spots 

 being arranged in about ten vertical bands. Dorsal fins and caudal 

 rays black. Anal immaculate, with a black marginal band, leaving 

 the free tips of the rays white. 



Amboyna. 



a, b. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



lines. 



Total length 34 



Height of the body 3| 



Length of the head 5 



Length of the caudal fin 6 



