424 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



1593. Alticus marmoratus (Bennett). Hawaii; Laysan. 



Salarias marmoratus Bennett, Zool. .Tourn., IV, 35. Hawaii; not of Giinther. Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxn, 

 1902 (1904), 536, Laysan. 



1594. Alticus griseus (De Vis). 



Salarias griseus De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1884, 450, South Seas. 

 This scantily described species is unknown to us. The presence of tentacles at the nape indicates 

 a resemblance to Alticus marmoratus. 



1595. Alticus coronatus (Giinther). Solomon Is.; Samoa; Nukahiva (Seale). 



Salarias coronatus Giinther in Brenchley, Cruise of the Curacoa, 424, pi. 33, fig. b, Solomon Is. Giinther, Fische 

 der Siidsee, 206, taf. 116, fig. E, Solomon Is. 



Of this rare fish we have 14 examples from the coral reefs at Apia. Color in life, light green with 

 about 8 paired cross-bands of reddish brown; stripes across chin and throat dusky; sides and top of 

 head with small round whitish spots, which extend backward along base of spinous dorsal. Alticus 

 erermanni has the same kind of dots on its head, but they are differently arranged. 



In alcohol the paired cross-bands fade, leaving 2 longitudinal rows of small brown dots, prominent 

 only posteriorly; dorsals pale, colorless; dorsal spines tipped with black; anal pale, dusky-edged; 

 caudal pale, unspotted; pectoral with from 3 to 5 irregular transverse rows of dark brown spots. 



1596. Alticus variolosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Guam; Samoa; Tonga; Hawaii. 



Salarias variolosus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 317, pi. 330, 1836, Guam. Giinther, Fische der 

 Siidsee, 203, taf. 116, fig. A, Samoa, Tonga, Society Is. Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 518, Sandwich Is. 

 Jenkins, Bull. O.S. Fish Comm., xxii, 1902 (1904), 507, Honolulu. 



Salarias nigripes Seale, Occ. Papers Bishop Museum, vol. I, no. 3, 1901, 127, Guam. 



Eight examples of this widespread Polynesian blenny were obtained at Apia, from the lava rocks. 



Color in life, jet-black with brownish shade; pectoral edged below with cherry-red, spinous dorsal 

 with brownish; the upper anterior portion abruptly pale, its boundary extending from the tip of near 

 the last spines forward to the base of the first; no distinct spots; caudal above and below with pale dull 

 olive; upper portion of caudal always more or less pale, the pale color not sharply defined; fins other- 

 wise nearly black; body unmarked; 7 narrow dark blue cross-bars on body and a dark blue line from 

 nape to opercle. 



1597. Alticus alboguttatus (Kner). Samoa; Fiji. 



Salarias alboguttatus Kner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lvi, 1867, 16, pi. 4, fig. 4, Samoa. Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 205, 

 taf. US, fig. B, Kandavu. 



Of this pretty little blenny but 3 specimens have previously been collected, 1 at Samoa and 2 at 

 Kandavu, one of the Fiji Islands. We have 18 specimens from Apia and 3 from Pago Pago. 



Color in life of a specimen from Pago Pago, a faint red blotch behind eye; eye with 7 red spots in 

 iris; body pale olivaceous green, with white spots; a large blue spot on each side of the throat. 



Another specimen from Apia in life was olivaceous brown, with pale oblong horizontal spots on 

 sides; head speckled with small round white spots; a large steel-blue spot on each side of the throat; 

 faint orange spots on base of dorsal; soft dorsal and caudal pale; faint olive bars on middle of caudal; 

 tip of caudal cherry-red; anal dusky; pectoral pale, its base spotted like head. 



1598. Alticus g-uttatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Vanicolo; Samoa. 



Salarias guttatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 308, Vanicolo. Giinther, Cat., in, 250 (copied). Giin- 

 ther, Fische der Siidsee, 204. 



This rare little fish was described from 2 small specimens from Vanicolo, and seems not to have 

 been collected' since. We have 2 specimens, 25 millimeters in length, from Apia. They differ from 

 the types in having a small crest, colored like the body. 



Color in alcohol, ground-color of body uniform pale brown, with about 4 rows of dark-brown 

 spots, made up of numerous fine specks, the spots in the two lower rows much larger than those in 

 the upper rows; 2 rows of oblong, pearly white spots, commingled with the two lower rows of brown 

 spots; above these are numerous small pearly spots; head covered with many small pearly and brown 

 specks, commingled; a dark streak behind eye; behind this a dark band extending from nape diago- 

 nally downward and forward to throat; under side of head pale, with white specks; a small black 

 spot on each side of throat; chin and upper lip with black streaks; belly pale; margin of dorsal dark; 



