BY C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 59 
rounded, Ground colour, yellow ; immaculate on the caudal and 
pectoral fins ; trunk densely marbled with blackish-brown, the 
marblings forming a line of nearly confluent large blotches on 
the back; dorsal and anal fins spotted on the rays. and marbled 
on the webs with blackish-brown; no definite markings on the 
head. This fish is closely allied to, possibly identical with S. 
viperidens, mihi, from Cape York. In describing that fish 
(Proc. Lin. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. 1X.,p. 697) I omitted to mention 
a short fimbriated tentacle on the orbit, and a pair of very 
short submental tentacles. The chief differences between lupus 
and viperidens are the simple orbital and nasal tentacles of the 
_ former, and the absence of submental filaments, the greater 
anterior elevation of the dorsal, deeper form, yellow-ground 
colour, and a much less development of the mandible at the 
base of the great canine—a conspicuous feature—in viperidens. 
SALARIAS GALEATUS. 
D..30, A. 22. 
The dorsal fin is distinctly emarginate. An elevated occipital 
crest is continued forwards between the orbits. A long lower 
canine is set unusually backwards towards the rictus. There is 
no upper canine. A row of papille surround the orbit, but 
tentacles are altogether absent. The height of the body is 53, 
the length of the head 5, in the total length. The head and trunk 
are much compressed. The anterior part of the dorsal fin is 
rather low ; the posterior elevated higher than the body and 
subfilamentose. The caudal pointed and subfilamentose. Colour? 
dark brown, with black spots on the trunk disposed in irregular 
lines. The anterior dorsal with a series of dark oblique lines. 
The anal with or without short longitudinal white lines. On 
the trunk are mesially curved and backwardly elongated white 
lines, the most posterior forming two parallel lines on the 
caudal peduncle or these markings may appear as dark lines on 
a pale brown ground colour, which becomes still paler on the 
caudal peduncle. 
