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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in life gray-green, everywhere finely punctate with black; indications of broad transver? 

 bars, most pronounced on middle of lx)dy; subsurface spots lilac-red anteriorly, orange-red posteriori \ 

 anterior two-fifths of body white below; dorsal fin clear, with many fine black specks, more or le; 

 definitely arranged in 2 longitudinal rows; other fins all clear, with numerous tiny black specks; n 

 anal they form a dusky submarginal band, the tips of the rays white. 



Color in spirits, dull light gray with a wash of pale green, slightly darker above; 7 pairs of indi; 

 tinct vertical bands of darker coloring alongsides, a distinctive brown band from lower anterior ma 

 gin of eye vertically down to middle of each maxillary; no markings on chin or throat; dorsal wit 

 numerous, more or less regular brown spots; 2 dusky blotches on base of caudal; otherwise the fli 

 are without distinct markinirs of any kind. 



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Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



792, U. S. National Museum, from Apia, length 1.2 inches. 



One specimen, tiie type 

 for Prof. Samuel Garman. 



1614. Salarias hasselti Bleeker. Fiji; Loyalty Is.; Fate (Seale). 



SiUarlas ha.iselli Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., i, 257, lig. 14, Java, Sumatra, Cocos. Gunther, Fische der Svldsee. 

 210. Fiji. Loyally Is. 



1615. Salarias bryani Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 4 in length; depth 5.5; eye 3.1 in head; interorbital very narrow, less than width of pupil; 

 dorsal xii, 22; anal 21; lateral lines short, ending near tip of pectoral. 



Body oblong, comprejsed, anterior profile of head rounded; forehead scarcely jjrojecting over 

 mouth; angle of jaws under posterior margin of eye; a short simple tentacle over eye and a minute 

 fringed tentacle at nostril; teeth in jaw in a single series; no posterior canine teeth; dorsal fin incised 



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Fig. WS.—fialarias bryani .Tordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



almost to base; its origin a little anterior of posterior margin of opercle, its incision directly over origin 

 of anal, its posterior extremity ending on base of caudal but not attached to caudal; base of anal 2.45 

 in length of fish, its origin nearer tip of snout than to base of caudal, the distance between tip of snout 

 and origin of the fin, considerably greater than base of fin; longest ray of anal 2 in head; pectoral 

 equal to head; ventral minute, 1.85 in head; caudal rounded, 1.1 in head. 



Color in spirits dull light gray, with 8 vertical double dark bands on side, these bands about equal 

 to interspaces; head and shoulders punctulate with yellowish white spots; head shaded darker than 

 other parts; 2 dusky bands under chin; a single row of rather distinct black dots across pectoral; a 



