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fins brownish ; the dorsal with numerous oblique brown stripes ; 

 anal yellowish, edged with brown. (BL) 

 Coasts of Java. 



41. Salarias quadricornis. 

 Cuv. ^ Val xi. p. 829. pi. 329 ; ? Jemj7is, Zool. Beayle, Fishes, p. 87. 

 D. 13 I 22. A. (2 + ) 23-24. 



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

 tained five times and a half or six times in the total length. A crest 

 on the head in the male sex ; a short simple tentacle on each side 

 of the neck and above the orbit ; that situated at the nostril is veiy 

 small and fringed. Canine teeth none. The dorsal fin is deeply 

 notched, and continuous with the caudal ; the two portions are of 

 nearly equal height, lower than the body and higher than the anal. 

 Body generally with eight pairs of brown vertical bands, extending 

 on the dorsal ; dorsal with oblique stripes, anal with three (bluish) 

 longitudinal streaks. Sometimes grepsh. body and fins dotted with 

 brown ; or uniform brown. 



Indian Ocean. Chinese Sea. (Keeling Islands ?) 



a. Adult male. 



h. Adult male. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



c. Half-grown male. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, 



C.B. 



d, e, /. Adult males and female. Ceylon. 



g. Adult female. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 h. Adult male. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



42. Salarias melanocephaliis. 

 Sleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 18. fig. 19. 

 D. 12 I 21. A. 24. 



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

 length of the head from five times and a half to five times and 

 two-thirds. A triangular rounded crest on the occiput ; a simple 

 tentacle above the orbit, equal in length to the diameter of the eye. 

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

 with the caudal. Brown; head blackish. {Bl.) 



East Indian Archipelago. 



Perhaps a variety of Salnrias quadriconiis. 



43. Salarias fronto. 



D.iH. A. 2 + 20. 



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

 times and five-sixths in the total length, the length of the head six 

 times and three-quarters. The forehead projects beyond the mouth ; 

 the interorbital space is very slightly concave : a long rounded crest 



