GARMAN: SOME FISHES FROM AUSTRALASIA. Lone 
Petroscirtes obliquus, sp. nov. 
Plate 4, Fig. 3. 
D. 12+19; A. 22; V.2; P. 13. 
Moderately elongate, compressed, depth nearly one-sixth and length of head 
nearly one-fifth of the total length. Head deeper than wide ; cheeks swollen ; 
crown rising somewhat high on the interorbital space longitudinally and rather 
flattened transversely ; without either crest or filaments. Snout rounded, 
blunt, half as long as the eye. Margins of nostrils prominent. Mouth com- 
paratively narrow, maxillary reaching little below the forward part of the 
orbit. Teeth strong, fixed, in a single series, with very strong canines behind 
each series ; those of the lower jaws a little stronger than those of the upper 
series. Eye large, one-third as long as the head, very prominent above the 
forehead. Gill openings small, above the bases of the pectorals. Rays of soft 
dorsal longer than the spinous rays. First dorsal] ray above the gill opening. 
First ray of the anal below the eleventh ray of the dorsal. Caudal subtruncate, 
free from dorsal and anal. Pectorals medium, pointed, lower rays averaging 
longer than the upper. Ventrals slender, of two rays which are separate for 
half their length, inner ray one-third longer than the outer. Lateral line 
marked by three or four pores, the hindmost of which is below the third ray 
of the dorsal. 
Color light olivaceous brown ; a black spot behind the eye and several 
transverse bards on the lower half of the head ; a series of bars of brown on 
the flanks, the anterior of which incline forward, the posterior, backward ; a 
couple of spots at the base of the tail ; a series of small spots near the bases of 
the dorsal ; first dorsal clouded or spotted; anal fin with spots along its hase 
and with a darker margin; ventrals, white; pectorals, dusky ; abdominal 
cavity showing dark through its walls. 
Locality, Suva, Fiji Islands. 
Salarias sertatus, sp. nov. 
Plate 4, Fig. 2. 
D154 23; A. 2+ 27; V..3 4); PV 14. 
The outlines of body and fins have a remote resemblance to those of 
S. periophthalmus ; the most prominent differences appear in the length of the 
caudal, in the depth of the notch between the dorsals, and in the frontal fila- 
ments. Body elongate, slender, depth or length of head one-seventh of the 
total length. Head short, as wide as deep, very blunt, nearly vertical in front 
of the eyes. A low crest on the nape. Eyes large, prominent, one-fourth as 
long as the head. Mouth wide, inferior. Teeth very numerous, small, movy- 
able, in single series; no canines. Gill membranes continuous and free across 
