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eyeball. A high thin flap of skin on top of head extending from 

 between posterior margin of eyes to occiput. Pores of lateral line 

 not extending- past tip of pectoral. 



Notch ])etween spinous and soft portions of dorsal not very deep, 

 the membrane of the last spine extends 1^ times the diameter of the 

 e3^e above the base of the first ray. Origin of dorsal a little in front 

 of opercular flap; last dorsal rays extend slightly past base of caudal, 

 and are bound by membrane to caudal peduncle; membrane between 

 dorsal ra3^s scarcely incised. Anal coterminous with dorsal; the meni- 

 })rane between anal raj^s incised nearly half way from base to tip of 

 rays. Pectoral rather broad, its length equal to that of head. Inner 

 ray of ventral the longer, its length If in head. Caudal rather 

 broadl}^ rounded. 



Color dusky brown, marked on sides with narrow, definite, longi- 

 tudinal, light lines, interrupted at short and irregular distances. Dis- 

 tal half of dorsal spines crossed by small oblique, alternate light and 

 dark lines, growing darker anteriorly. Soft dorsal similarly marked, 

 ]>ut much lighter and the markings extending lower on fin. Anal 

 dusky, growing gradually darker toward ends of rays. Pectorals and 

 ventrals slightly dusk}^; caudal crossed by fine wavy lines. 



This species may be known from other Japanese members of its 

 genus by the produced orbital region, and l)y the color. 



Four specimens were collected at Tanegashima, the t3^pe and largest 

 specimen is 79 mm. in length. It is numbered 53273 U.S.N.M. Co- 

 tj^pes are No. 9362, Stanford University. 



The species is named for Mr. Robert Van Vleck Anderson. 



SALARIAS TANEGASIM.^ Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Head, 4| in length to base of caudal; depth at ventral fins, 6. Eye, 

 A:h in head; snout, 3i; maxillary, 2^. Dorsal XII, IS; anal, 20. 



Snout blunt, broadly rounded in profile. E3'es projecting slightly 

 above upper profile of head; separated })y a very narrow concave inter- 

 orbital space scai-ccly wider than diameter of eye. A rather long 

 supraorbital tentacle of variable length and usually fringed on the 

 edges is present. Mouth broadly curved and subinferior, the maxil- 

 lary reaching to below posterior margin of orbit, upper lip fringed on 

 the edge with a single row of papillie. Teeth as in ^S*. enoslnnv. Top 

 of head v/ithout a median crest of skin; sometimes a ridge or an incon- 

 spicuous low fold of skin is present. 



Posterior ra3's of soft dorsal not reaching past base of caudal; in S. 

 enosivun they reach considerably past. Longest rays of soft dorsal 

 contained If in head; 1:^ to Xk in head in the latter species. Spinous 

 dorsal a little lower than soft dorsal; the longest spines 2^ in head. 

 Notch between spinous and soft rays of dorsal very deep, nearly sepa- 

 rating the fin into two parts. 



