6. S.VLARIAS. 257 



the tail ; the soft doi-sal and the caudal with bluish- white lines, 

 ascending obliquely backwai-ds on the former fin, longitudinal and 

 situated between the rays on the latter. Anal fin black, with three 

 rather irregular series of bluish dots placed between the rays. 

 Chinese Sea. 



a, h, c-e. Adult and half-grown. China Seas. Presented by Captain 



Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 

 /, g-h. Adult and half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



inches. lincB. 



Total length 5 10 



Height of the body 1 2 



Length of the head 1 1 



46. Salarias oortii 



Bleek. Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. i. p. 257. fig. 15, and Act. Soc. 

 Sc. Indo-Nederl. iii., Sutnatra, p. 39. 



D. 12 I 19-21. A. 23-24. 



The height of the body is contained seven times to seven times 

 and a half in the total length, the length of the head six to seven 

 times. The interorbital space is concave ; the forehead does not 

 project beyond the mouth ; a rounded crest on the crown of the 

 head ; a short fringed tentacle above the orbit and at the nostriL 

 The lower jaw with small canine teeth, which are scarcely visible in 

 young specimens. The dorsal fin is deeply notched, and continuous 

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

 higher than the anterior and than the anal. Rose-coloured, -with 

 violet cross-bands arranged in pairs, and broader than the inter- 

 spaces between ; the anterior dorsal violet, with several undulated 

 whitish longitudinal stripes ; the posterior dorsal violet, yellow along 

 the middle, with oblique bluish stripes inferiorly, and reticulated 

 with blue superiorly ; the anal fin rose-coloured at the base, and 

 violet on the marginal half. Caudal yellow, brownish at the base 

 and margins, the latter reticulated with blue. 



Coasts of Western Sumatra and of the Moluccas. 



a. Adult. Sumatra. 



b. Half-grown. Java. 



c. Half-grown. Moluccas. 



Dr. V. Bleeker's description of the species, as given above, agrees 

 very weU with the specimens in the British Museum ; thej'^ have, 

 however, the body higher, its depth being one -sixth of the total 

 length. 



47. Salarias bilitonensis. 

 Blecker, BlUton, iv. p. 231. 



r>. 12 I 20. A. (2-1- ) 20-21. 

 The height of the body is contained eight times to eight times and 



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