﻿FISHES, GENUS ECSENIUS — CHAPMAN AND SCHULTZ 525 



The specimen from Timor is identical with the New Hebrides speci- 

 mens except that it has only 18 soft anal rays. Coloration well marked. 



Ecsenius namlyei is doubtless the Formosan cognate of this species, 

 marked particularly by the greater number of dorsal and anal rays, 

 and the uniform coloration of the body. 



Escenius frontalis is very likely the Red Sea cognate of this species, 

 well marked, however, by the single nasal cirrus and the 15 pectoral 

 rays. 



ECSENIUS NAMIYEI (Jordan and Evermann) 

 FlQITRE 95 



Salarias namiyci Jokdak and Evkrmann, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 362, 

 fig. 25, 1902 (type locality, Pescadores Islands). 



Specimetis. — None seen; description from Jordan and Evermann. 



Description. — Dorsal rays XII,20(?): anal 11,21; pectoral 13; 

 pelvic 1,3 (?). 



A pair of tentacles on nasal pore, the longest no longer than diameter 

 of pupil; forehead vertical, the orbits reaching the dorsal but not 



Figure 9^.— Ecsenius naniiyei (Jordan and Evermann). Hclotype. (Drawn by A. H. 



Baldwin.) 



anterior profile of head ; depth 4.5, head 4.5, both in standard length ; 

 dorsal rays all about the same height except for last three rays, no 

 trace of notch; membrane from last dorsal and anal rays free from 

 first caudal rays ; caudal with 12 principal rays, none branched, trun- 

 cate behind ; pectoral shorter than head by snout and half the eye dia- 

 meter; pelvics two-thirds postorbital length of head. 



Coloration. — Body purplish red, paler posteriorly ; dorsal fin with 

 narrow oblique darker markings; anal darker along margin, with a 

 similar median band. 



Remarks. — This is undoubtedly the Formosan cognate of E. hicolor. 

 The three more rays in dorsal, one more in anal, and the oblique mark- 

 mgs of the dorsal prevent synonymizing it with hicolor in the absence 

 of a series of specimens for comparison. 



