33:2 ACANTHOPTERTGn. 



kead whict is said to be wanting in the female. A simple tentacle above tbe eye as long as one diameter of the 

 orbit: a fringed one at nostril, and a smaU one on the nape. Teeth--no camnes. J'tws— first dorsal 

 fin about half the height of the body, but not quite so high as the second: a deep cleft m the membrane 

 extending nearly to the base divides the two fins, the second is continued on to the caudal to 1/3 its length. 

 Anal lower than the dorsal, its membrane deeply cleft. Caudal shghtly rounded. Golours-Ya.Tj exceedingly, 

 body usually brownish, with eight or more vertical bands which reach to the base of the dorsal fin, sometimes 

 there are brown dots. Dorsal fin with horizontal or oblique white bands, usually about four in number. Anal 

 with two or three horizontal white bands. . j- ■-,■ ., 



Klunzinger considers S. oryx a variety of this species, and he distinguishes several others dividmg them 

 into 8. h/almus, 8. eolorat^s, 8. transiens, and 8. urdtus. S. bellus, Gunther, is very closely alhed to this fish. _ 



EaUtat.—'Red Sea, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago and China. It attams several inches m 

 length. The one figured (life-size) is from the Andamans. 



7. Salarias lineatus, Plate LXX, fig. 8, (male). 



Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 314 ; Bleeker, Blen. en Gob. p. 18 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 254 ; Steind. Sitz. Ak. 

 Wiss. Wien, 1868, p. 996. 



B. vi, D. 12 I 21-23, P. 14, V. 2, A. 23-24, C. 13. 



Length of head 5f to 6J, of caudal 6k, height of body 6| to 6f in the total length. Eyes— high up, in the 

 anterior third of the head, 2/3 of a diameter apart : the profile from them to the snout subvertical. Height of 

 head equals its length excluding the snout, and its width equals its postorbital length. A tentacle with notched 

 edges, or fine lateral fringes, and about half the height of the eye is present above the orbit, and a short 

 fringed one at the front nostril. A rather low crest, emarginate superiorly, exists on the summit of the head 

 in the male, it is absent in the female. reei;i— canines absent. Fins — dorsal membrane deeply cleft after the 

 twelfth spine, the first fin two-thirds of the height of the body, the second rather higher and continued 

 on to the caudal'. Pectoral as long as the head excluding the snout. Colours — ^leaden, in spme specimens six 

 or eight vertical bands on the body as wide as the ground colour, eight to ten narrow horizontal black Hnes 

 pass along the body, decreasing in number to four or five, and becoming more distinct towards the 

 tail, sometimes they break up into spots, some have narrow black vertical and sinuous Hnes on the cheek and 

 below the eyes. Dorsal fins with numerous fine and oblique black liues, passing upwards and backwards. 

 Anal with a lightish base and dark outer edge, in some specimens a narrow dark band exists along its middle. 

 Caudal dark grayish. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. The specimen figured (life-size) is from the 

 Andamans. I have received two specimens from Berlin, which came from the Red Sea. 



8. Salarias Hasseltii. 



Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. i, p. 267, f. 14, and viii, p. 174 ; Gunther, Catal. iii, p. 258. 

 B. vi, D. 12 I 23, P. 14, V. 3, A. 24-25, C. 14. 



Length of head 5|, of caudal 6|, height of body 7% in the total length. Hyes — of moderate size, 

 the profile from them to the mouth vertical, but not prominent. The width of the head equals its length behind 

 the eyes, and its height nearly equals its length excluding the snout. The maxilla reaches to below the hind 

 edge of the eye. A line of open glands along the hind and lower edge of the preopercle. A crest on the head 

 (? only in males) : a short fringed supraorbital tentacle, another at the nostril, none at the nape. Teetli — no 

 canines. Fins — -dorsal deeply notched, and continuous posteriorly at its base with the caudal, the two fins are 

 of nearly the same height and about equal to that of the body. Colours — stone-colour, with about six 

 rather darker vertical cross bands and several light longitudinal stripes. Dorsal brownish, with oblique stripes 

 in its lower half, whilst its upper portion has four or five narrow bands parallel with its outer edge, 

 and of a blue-brown and yellow colour. Anal with a dark outer edge. 



Halitat. — I obtained one specimen, 3 inches long, at the Andamans. It extends to the Malay 

 Archipelago and Piji islands. 



9. Salarias Andamanensis. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 611. 



B. vi, D. 12 I 22, P. 15, V. 4, A. 22-24, C. 11. 



Length of head 1/6, of pectoral 1/7, of caudal 2/11, height of body 1/5, of dorsal spines 2/17, of dorsal 

 rays 2/17, of anal 1/11 of the total length. Fyes—diametev 1/3 of length of head. The profile from the eyes 

 to the snout vertical : the maxilla extends to beneath the posterior margin of the orbit. A rather high crest on 

 the head. Supraorbital tentacle two-thirds as long as the eye. Teeth — a pair of large posterior canines 

 in the lower jaw. Fvns — a rather deep notch between the two divisions of the dorsal fin. The posterior 

 extremity of the dorsal does not extend to the caudal. Caudal with central rays the longest. Colours — 

 brownish, with ten brown bars along the centre of the body : a row of pearly-coloured oblong spots with dark 

 margins above the centre of the body in its posterior half, and a similar row along its lower half. Dorsal fin 

 with a dark margin edged with white, and the posterior portion of the second dorsal spotted. Anal edged 



