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rudiment directed upward, besides the hook at tip, and a sharp spine projecting 

 forward from its base ; occipital region weakly rugose ; gill-opening about one-fourth 

 diameter of eye, about equidistant between back of eye and origin of dorsal. 

 Spinous dorsal inserted midway between back of eye and origin of soft dorsal ; first 

 and fourth dorsal spines longest, the first (specimens females) 2^ in head ; height of 

 soft dorsal at its middle about one-third length of head ; last ray elongated, about 

 1| in head ; anal beginning a little behind second ray of soft dorsal ; last ray of 

 anal 2i in head; pectoral 1^ in head, its median rays longest; ventrals reach- 

 ing past origin of anal ; caudal as long as head, its middle rays not produced ; 

 caudal peduncle depressed ; lateral line single. 



Color in spirits olive, rather heavily punctulated above, the punctulations on 

 the back of the head and on the back as a rule encircling paler areas, some of which 

 are more or less confluent ; under parts pale ; spinous and soft dorsals rather faintly 

 splashed and specked with dusky ; anal with a basal and a marginal row of brown 

 blotches, the basal row smallest ; ventrals dusky, brown-dotted on inner two-thirds; 

 upper pectoral rays with dark specks. 



Described from two specimens from Takao, two and one-half to three inches 

 long, probably females. 



This species is near and perhaps not different from Gallionymus schaapii Bleeker 

 described with dorsal IV-10, anal 10, six processes on preopercular spine, and with 

 ventrals and anal black-edged. There is no point in which our species clearly 

 differs from the scanty account given by Bleeker, whose specimen was from Banka. 



Family BLENNIID.E. 

 282. Salarias namiyei Jordan & Evermann. 



Hokoto or Bescadores Islands (Jordan it Evermann). 



Fig. 26. Solatia* namiyei J. & E. (After Jordan & Evermann, Proo. U. S. N. M., Vol. 25, p. 362. 



