136 Director's Annual Rcpot't. 



length of head. Caudal convex ; pectoral somewhat rounded, 

 about .90 of length of head. Ventrals 1.50 in head. 



Head and body naked ; lateral line arched to beyond tip of 

 pectoral, where it descends to level of mouth and then extends 

 backward to end of caudal peduncle. 



Color in alcohol : blackish, somewhat streaked or mottled with 

 brown. Fins black, except pectoral, which varies from black to 

 pale in different specimens. B. P. B. Mus. No. 2454 is the type. 



2455. Salarias paulus. New species. 



D. xiii-20; A, 21 ; C. 15 ; P. 14. Depth 6.50 in total length; 

 head 6 in total length, measuring from upper lip to tip of opercu- 

 lar flap; forehead protuberant; greatest length of head 5.66 in 

 total length ; eyes placed very high and far forward, 3.50 in head; 

 cleft of mouth equals height of head, or .63 of length of head; 

 cheeks bulging, breadth of head .81 of its length. 



I^ateral line high, commencing just above angle of opercular 

 flap and describing an upward curve which extends to a point 

 between the eighth and ninth dorsal spines, where it descends 

 abruptly and ends below the twelfth spine, above the median line 

 of the body. No scales. 



Teeth small, pectinate, very numerous. Mouth inferior. An- 

 terior profile strongly retreating. 



No dermal crest on head. Posterior nostril inconspicuous; 

 anterior nostril with dermal, fleshy flap prolonged into a four-cleft 

 tentacle. Simple tentacle over eye, its length much less than width 

 of interorbital space ; very minute simple tentacle on nape, its 

 length about .33 that of tentacle over eye. Maxillary extending 

 slightly beyond posterior margin of eye. 



Dorsal fin beginning above gill opening, notched, tips of soft 

 rays free. Spinous dorsal of uniform height, lower than soft por- 

 tion which is highest posteriorly ; longest spine about .75 of long- 

 est ray, which is equal to greatest breadth of head. 



Anal incised, slightly lower than soft dorsal. Uppermost rays 

 of pectoral very short ; tenth and eleventh rays longest, equal to 

 length of head. 



Color in alcohol : light brown ; bluish on belly and under 

 pectorals ; body with seven faint transverse bands of darker brown, 

 fading out below and posteriorly on caudal peduncle, so that in life 



