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THs fish appears to be close to S. textilis, C. V., from the island bf Ascension, whicli however is said to 

 have D. 12 | 15, A. 16, a tentacle at the nape, and large canines in the lower jaw. 

 Habitat. — Andamans, up to 2-^ inches in length. 



16. Salarias frenatus, Plate LXX, fi^g. 9. 



Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 342 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 246. 

 ErpicMhys frenatus, Swainson, .Fishes, ii, p. 275. 



B. Ti, D. 12 I 14-16, P. 14, V. 1/2, A. 18, 0. 13. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 6, height of body 6i to 7 in the total length. Eyes — high up, rather above 

 1 diameter from end of snout, the anterior profile very oblique. Height of head equals its length behind the 

 middle of the eyes, and its width equals its postorbital length. TSo crest on the head. A short fringed tentacle 

 above the orbit, another at the nostril, and a simple one on the nape. Teeth — posterior canines in the 

 lower jaw. Fins — first dorsal lower than the second, separated by a well-marked notch. Second dorsal 

 two-thirds the height of the body, and continued on to the base of the caudal. Colour — ^fawn-colour, becoming 

 nearly white on the •abdomen, four white lines edged with gray go from the eye to the throat, and one or two 

 likewise pass from one eye to the other. Body with vertical bands, and irregularly blotched and spotted with 

 darker. Dorsal fins with oblique dark lines : caudal with vertical bands of spots : anal whitish, with a dark 

 outer edge. Upper half of pectoral light-coloured, its lower half dark. 



Habitat. — Malabar and Bombay. The specimen figured (life-size) is one of the original types. For it 

 I am indebted to the kindness of the officials of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. 



17. Salarias vermiculatus. 



Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 301 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 249. 

 B. vi, D. 12-13 I 15, P. 14, V. 2, A. 18-19, C. 11. 



Length of head 5 to 5|, of pectoral 5^, of caudal 6, height of body 5 to 5^ in the total length. Eyes— 

 high up, diameter 1/4 of length of head, I5 diameters from end of snout, and 3/4 of a diameter apart. 

 Snout not overhanging the mouth. The maxilla reaches to below the middle of the orbit. No crest on head. 

 • A moderately long fringed tentacle over the orbit, a small fringed one over the anterior nostril, and a fine 

 occipital one : upper lip fringed. Teeth — large canines in the lower jaw. Fins — a deep notch between 

 the first and second dorsal, the latter of which is continuous with the base of the caudal : first dorsal lower 

 than the second, which latter is highest posteriorly, the lower six or eight rays of the pectoral having free 

 extremities, while the upper five are very short. Anal a little in advance of the second dorsal, with 

 the anterior 13 rays having free extremities, where the interspinous membrane is deeply notched : caudal cut 

 square. Golours — superiorly brownish, becoming bluish-white inferiorly, with a series of nine brown bars 

 descending to the lateral-Hne. The body, head, and fins reticulated with brown lines, enclosing circular or 

 irregularly formed spaces. 



Habitat. — East coast of Africa, Andamans : there are some fine specimens in the Calcutta Museum. It 

 attains at least 8 inches in length. 



18. Salarias marmoratus. 



Blennius marmoratus, Bennett. P. Z. S. iv, p. 35. 



Salarias marmoratus, Cuv. and Val. xi, p. 305 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, pp. 248, 362. 



B. vi, D. 12 I 15, P. 14, V. 3, A. 18, C. 11. 



Length of head 4f, of caudal 7^, height of body 5| in the total length. Eyes — high up, rather above 

 1 diameter from end of snout : the anterior profile very oblique. Height of head equals its length excluding the 

 snout, and its width equals its postorbital length. No crest on the head. A fringed supraorbital tentacle 

 as long as the diameter of the eye, another short one at the nostril, and having some filaments at its base : 

 whilst one also fringed exists at the nape. Teeth — a strong posterior canine in the lower jaw. Fins — 

 dorsal fin deeply notched, the first lower than the second, which is nearly 1/2 the height of the body, whilst 

 posteriorly it does not extend on to the caudal, the interspace (from the base of the last ray) being equal 

 to one-tenth of the length of the base of the dorsal fin. Co Zowrs— brownish-yellow, with cloudy spots 

 of a blackish-brown colour, which are in two series, and on the brown are yellow spots. Fins, except the 

 ventral, spotted with yellow. 



Habitat. — Ceylon and Sandwich islands. It attains to 4 inches in length. 



Genus, 4 — ^Andamia, Blyth. 



Differs from Salarias in possessing an adhesive sucker behind and below the symphysis of the mandibles. 

 Caudal rays mibranched. 



Blyth most correctly observes that the fish which constitutes this genus has broad expanded pectorals 

 thrown out, as in the cyprinoid genus Homaloptera. 



