250 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION. 
single. Dorsal IV, 8; anterior dorsal elevated, but with the rays scarcely produced. 
Anal 7. Ventrals extending to the first or second, pectorals to the third or fourth ray 
of anal. Caudal subtruncate, moderately elongate. Spinous dorsal with rounded or | 
oval spots; soft dorsal and anal dark-coloured posteriorly ; pectoral with a few spots near . 
the margin; ventrals with linear vermiculations and dark lower edge; caudal with two 
narrow cross-bars. 
Seychelles Group, 44 fathoms. 
One specimen, 58 mm. in total length. 
Allied to S. lineolatus, C. & V., differing especially in the form of the preeopercular 
spine. 
Blenniidz. 
156. Salarias quadricornis, C. & V. 
Maldives; Chagos Archipelago, Peros; Cargados Carajos. 
157. Salarias sumatranus, Blk. 
Maldives; Chagos Archipelago, Salomon. 
158. Salarias fasciatus, Bl. 
Seychelles Group, Coetivy. 
159. Salarias sebe, CC. & V. 
Seychelles Group, Coetivy. 
Brotulide. 
160. Diplacanthopoma raniceps, Alcock. 
Saya de Malha Bank, 300 to 500 fathoms. 
Antennariide. 
161. Antennarius coccineus, Less. & Garn. 
Chagos Archipelago, Peros. 
162. Antennarius nummifer, Cuv. 
Maldives, Haddumati, 35 fathoms. 
Lophiide. 
SLADENIA, gen, nov. 
Head less depressed than in other Lophiid genera ; tail deeper than broad. Lower 
jaw with two series of teeth. Nasal sacs papilliform, as in the Tetrodont genus 
