158 THE SHORE FISHES. 
Canines present, orbital cirrus developed only on right side, comparatively long with 
very short fringes; nasal cirrus on left side simple, on right side with two short branches at 
base; no cirri on nape; crest long, of moderate height, extending from between eyes almost 
to first dorsal; dorsal deeply notched; first slightly connected with second by membrane; 
first dorsal with rather high flexible spines, but somewhat lower than soft dorsal; anal con= 
siderably lower than soft dorsal; dorsal and anal entirely separate from caudal. 
General color warm brown, paler on belly; head with a slight purplish tinge, darker 
on snout and lips; only a slight trace of cross-bars; numerous small pale pearly spots, most 
numerous posteriorly, below median line forming a longitudinal series arranged more or 
less in pairs; above the median line these having no regular arrangement; larger pale areas 
on body above anal base. Crest on head dark brown, thickly dotted with small pearly or 
bluish spots; pectoral dark brown; spinous dorsal dark brown with a series of large oblique 
oblong black spots, one on each interspinous membrane; second dorsal dark brown with 
numerous narrow pale, very oblique streaks running upward and backward, their widths 
about equal to the interspaces, barely perceptible to the naked eye; caudal dark brown, — 
appearing almost black to the naked eye; anal dark brown, with darker margin; ventral ? 
short, black. 
A cotype, a female 275 inches long has following measurements:— head 4.25 in total 
length without caudal; depth about 5.; eye 4.50 in head; dorsal XII, 18; anali, 20. Cirrus 
above eyes quite long and strongly fringed; a short simple cirrus above each anterior nostril; 
no cirrus on nape; crest low, shorter than in male, commencing above posterior margin of 
eye and extending to junction of nape with occiput. 
General body color paler than in male; about six pairs of faintly defined dark brown cross- 
bars; the pearly spots are more distinct than in male and more numerous anteriorly; those — 
at base of anal scarcely discernible; head covered with small dusky spots; crest without 
white dots; vertical fins paler than in male; large black spots present only on first and — 
second interspinous membranes; soft dorsal similar to that of male but paler; anal paler, 
each ray tipped with white; caudal lighter than in male; pectoral dusky olive; ventral pale, 
punctulated with dusky dots. 
Younger individuals much paler, cross-bars and spots becoming more distinct; some with 
an oblong dusky spot behind eye. The smaller specimens have no crest. The fin-ray counts 
in these specimens run as follows:— dorsal XII—XIII, 17 to 18; anal 19 to 21. 
Salarias lineatus Cuvier & VALENCIENNES. 
Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1836, 11, p. 232 (314). Jorpan & Sweats, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 26, p. 426. 
Four specimens, three of them females 32 to 43 inches long and one male 
43 inches long, all from Manga Reva, Paumotus. M. C. Z. 29537 (2 specimens). H 
The following color note was found with these: — “General color brownish 
slate; stripes pale greenish, black and white margins on the soft dorsal, the ¢ 
brown stippling [on] caudal parts.”’ 
Salarias edentulus (BLocu & ScHNeEIDER). 
Gintuer, Fische der Siidsee, 1877, 6, p. 206, pl. 117, fig. A. 
Blennius edentulus Buocu & Scuneiper, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 172. 
Thirty-nine specimens, 14 to 4% inches long from Manga Reva. M. C. Z. 
29422 (9 specimens). 
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