88 : Fishes of the South Pacific. 
Body elongate, cylindrical, without scales; lateral line but 
slightly curved, ending under the ninth dorsal spine, its length 
3.50 in total length without caudal; profile and head slanting ob- 
liquely back to the inferior mouth, the opening of the mouth being 
below the eye; teeth fine, peCtinate, no canines; dorsal fin deeply 
notched, its origin over the posterior margin of the opercles, long- 
est dorsal spine 1.40 in head, the longest ray 1.20; base of anal 
2.55 in length, its longest ray 1.70 in head; ventrals short, equal 
to the post ocular part of head; caudal square, equal to length of 
the head. 
Color in spirits is a light blue, with seven bands of darker blue 
about as wide as interspaces, which extend over the back and down 
on sides, dividing below the median line into two; dorsal fin white 
with some indistinct pale blue spots on rays; anal white, with a 
pale blue intermarginal line, and a margin of white; pectorals and 
ventrals white. 
One specimen, No. 784 (Fig. 8) B. M., from Tubuai, Austral 
Ids. 
Salarias czsius Seale, new species. 
Depth 5.75; head 5.50; D. xiv,.17; A. 11, 22; eye 3050; ‘orp 
tal tentacle wide, with five fringes; its length less than eye; a 
dermal crest, the length of which is 2.30 in head. 
Body elongate, cylindrical; lateral line short, slightly curved, 
ending under the sixth dorsal spine; depth of head equal to its 
width, 1.50 in its length; profile almost vertical, the upper portion 
not produced; mouth inferior; teeth numerous, small, pe¢tinate, 
no canines; dorsal fin deeply notched, not continuous on to the 
caudal, its origin directly over the origin of the pectorals. base of 
anal 2.10 in length of head; ventrals 1.75 in length of head. 
Color in spirits is a dull drab, with seven darker double bands 
which extend over the back and down the sides; three distinct ob- 
lique, brown lines on the side of throat; ventral surface with a 
slight tint of pale blue; a brown spot on the middle of the base of 
caudal, with a bluish band on the fin just posterior of the spot; six 
dusky blotches on the spinous dorsal, and four on the soft dorsal, 
these lines may extend as dots almost to the top of the fin; the an- 
terior dark blotch at the base of first and third dorsal spines is the 
most distinct; anal white, with a pale blue intermarginal line; 
pectorals and ventrals white; iris blue. 
The sexes are similar. 
Five specimens, one male and four females. No. 785 B. M. 
is type of the species. From Tubuai, Austral Ids. 
Alticus saliens (Lacépéde). 
Fourteen specimens, Nos. 2349-2362 B. M., from Nukuhiva, 
Marquesas Ids. 
