NO. 1407. FISHES FROM NEGROS— JORDAN AND SEALE. 801 



these are most abundant on anterior half of body where they almost 

 obscure the white lines which are more or less broken up into white 

 dots, a row of about 1!> small bhick dots alono- the lateral fold; 8-l> 

 black dots on caudal peduncle; cheeks covered with white dots which 

 are more or less encircled with a purple ring", chin pur})lish; a brown 

 rino- of color at lower base of pectorals; ))elly Tuiiform bluish gray; 

 l)lotch of purple at anal oi)enin<>" dorsal tin mottled with white and 

 hrown spots, the l)rown dots formino- ()l)li([ue lines on soft dorsal; anal 



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FlG. 18. — S.\L.\RI.\S UNDECIM.\LIS. 



gray without markings except slight wash of dusky caudal with dark 

 dots forming irri>gulai' lines, pectorals and ventrals white. 



Four specimens, type is Cat. No. .51942, U.S.N. M. Length, 2 inches. 



The smallest one of these four specimens, length 1.7.5 inches, lacks 

 the purplish color of the type but is easily distinguished by the three 

 sets of simple tentacles and the ring of brown on lower base of pec- 

 torals. 



PETROSCIRTES Ruppell. 



112. PETROSCIRTES ERETES Jordan and Scale, new species, 



Mead, 3. So; depth, .5. ;")(); eye, 3.75 in head; interorbital, i in head; 

 D. 30; A. 20; several dermal flaps about head, four on under jaw, 

 one on upjx'r part of each eye, a minute one on posterior part of 

 superorbital, one on each side of nuchal I'egion; Avith exception of the 

 one on eye these are all small and easily overlooked. Young speci- 

 mens show rather distinct papilhe at nostrils and on anterior interor- 

 l)ital region; four small papilUv on interorbital space. 



Body elongate, compressed; upper protile of head evenly rounded: 

 tlie u])per slightly the longer; depth of caudal peduncle, 2.75 in head; 

 teeth generic, about 20 on each side of u})per jaw; angle of mouth 

 under the anteri(>r part of eye, 4.50 in length of tish without caudal; 

 the origin of the dorsal being on nuchal region, slightly anterior to 

 line with axis of ventrals; longest dorsal ray, 1.50 in head; base of 

 anal, 2.75 in length of tish without caudal; origin of anal is midway 



