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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in spirits, ground-color yellowish white, thickly punctulate witli minute dark dots, thei^e 

 taking the form of numerous (18-20) rather irregular vertical bands on sides of body, some of th<- 

 bands more or less connected at top; in older examples the bands seem to group themselves in pairs 

 and become fewer in number; a characteristic oblique black band on the head from nuchal region 

 through eye to middle of each maxillary; the dark markings of l)ody extending a little way into dorsal, 

 the fin also shaded slightly with minute dark dots; anal white, with slight tint of dusky; pectoral, 

 ventral, and caudal whitish, without distinct markings. 



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105. — !iaiaria6 siuduuLs Jordan tt Sc 



Numerous specimens (50) collected at Pago Pago, by Mr. Michitaro Sindo, for whom the species 

 is named. The type is no. 51792, U. S. National Museum, length 0.99 inch. 

 1609. Salarias atkinsoni Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3.75 in length; depth 3.75; eye 2.75 in head; interorbital equal to one-half of eye; dorsal 

 xiii, 17; anal 21; a short lateral line ending under eighth dorsal spine. 



Body elongate, compressed, rather short; anterior profile of head vertical; the angle of mouth 

 under posterior third of eye; depth of caudal peduncle 2.75 in head; a simple, short orbital tentacle, 

 a small fringed one at nostril; teeth in a single row in each jaw, no posterior canines; dorsal fin 

 incised almost to base, the incision being broadly rounded; origin of dorsal about 1 spine in front 

 of posterior margin of opon-le. its distal end reaching to base of caudal, nnt attached to caudal by 



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Fig. W6.—S(ilar 



species. Type. 



membrane; longest spine of dorsal 2.3 in head, longest ray 1.85 in head; origin of anal slightly 

 anterior to dorsal incision, its base 2.5 in fish without caudal, its origin an equal distance from tip of 

 snout and base of caudal, its longest ray 2.5 in head; pectoral scarcely equal to length of head, its 

 tip under tenth dorsal spine; ventral about 1.75 in head; caudal rounded, 1.25 in head. 



Color in spirits, dull whitish with slight tint of pale green; 6 very distinct pairs of dark bands on 

 sides, which are divided in the middle by a narrow space, the portion of line above being sloped 

 obliquely forward, those below obliquely back; no marking on chin or throat; dorsal fin with distinct 

 brown spots scattered through it; anal with a narrow margin of white and a broad intramarginal band 

 of black, fading into whitish at base of fin; caudal with dusky blotch at base; other fins micolored. 



One specimen from Pago Pago, type no. 51791, U. S. National Museum, length 0.98 inch. Named 

 for the artist, Mr. William Sackston Atkinson. 



