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FROCKEDINGS OF TILE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. xxviir. 



spine, 1.7.5 in head, longest dorsal ra}^ about, 1.75 in bead; posterior 

 ray of dorsal is attached 1)y membrane to l)ase of candal fin; base of 

 anal fin, 2.50 in length of fish without caudal; the longest anal I'ay, l.So 

 in head; pectorals slightly less than head; ventrals, !.♦')(» in head; 

 caudal rounded (Mpial to hciul. 



Color in spirits gray, with more or h'ss hluish wash; head appar- 

 ently without markings; Ixdly deep l)lue, about seven rather indistinct 

 bands of darker color on sides, these seemingly made up of a doul)le 

 row of brownish spots more or less connected; the color-})an(ls extend 



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Fig. 17. — Sai^arias deani. 



slightly into base of soft dorsal fin, and to top of fin in spinous dorsal; 

 ))oth dorsals have rather large blackish spots near the margin: caudal 

 with six very distinct bands of blackish; .anal white with dusk}^ at 

 margin; pectorals white with three rows of luinute dots: ventrals 

 white, uncolored. 



One specimen. Length, 2.10 inches. Cat. No. 51050, I'.S.N.M. 

 From Negros, Philippine Islands. 



III. SALARIAS UNDECIMALIS Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head from tip of opercle to most anterior point, 4.1:5; de})th, 5; eye, 

 ?> in head; D. XI, 17; A. 19; dorsal incised to one-half its depth; no 

 posterior canine; lateral line extends to base of loth dorsal spine. 



Body elongate, compressed, the forehead and eye projecting beyond 

 the mouth, the angle of mouth being slightly posterior to eye, a single 

 unfringed tentacle at nostril, another similar, but longer somewhat 

 greater tlian interorbital, over the ey^e. and a third short simple ten- 

 tacle on nuchal region; no distinct crest; a single series of small teeth 

 in each jaw; distance from forehead to origin of dorsal, 5.10 in length 

 of fish without caudal, the longest dorsal spine, 2 in head, the longest 

 ray, 1.50 in head, the posterior ray attached by membrane to base of 

 caudal; base of anal, 2 in length of fish without caudal, the anterior 

 ra3^s the longest, about 1.25 in head; pectorals ecjual to length of head; 

 ventrals, 1.50 in head; caudal equal to length of head. 



Color in spirits dull grayish, with sHght wash of pale green, sides 

 of bod}' banded with 12-14 double white bands, with numerous short 

 violet lines and dots along- the sides on and above the median line; 



