312 TKLEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEETGII. 



V". Dorsal fin not continued on to caudal. 



a. Canines in lower jaw. IP- li f ' 



aa. Two dorsals of equal height . . 13. S. andamanemis, 

 bb. First dorsal lower than second. Pp. 818. 



Height of body \ total length . . 15. & pertopM/ialmus, 

 Height of body | total length . . 19 S. neitti, p. 320. 

 Height of body T 2 r total length. 

 Five or six horizontal mack 

 lines on sides, indistinct 



cross bands 16. S.striolatus^.SlQ. j 



Eight pairs of vertical brown 



bands, and some white spots [p- 321. 



on sides 21. S. alboyuttatus, 



ft. No canines 20. & unicolor, p. 320. , 



c. No crest. Canines present. 



a". Dorsal fin continued on to base ot 



Dorsal fins with oblique dark lines 22. S.frenatm, p. 322. 



Dorsal fins reticulated 23. S. vennfculatus, 



b". Dorsal not continuous with caudal. [p- 322. 



Brownish yellow with dark cloudy spots. 24. S. marmoratus, 

 Anterior half of body blue, posterior half [p- 323. 



orange 25. & bicolor, p. 323. 



1122. (1.) Salarias tridactylus. 



Blennius tridactylus, Bl. ScM. Syst. Ich. p. 176. 

 Salarias tridactylus, Day, Fish. India, p. 330, pi. Ixx, fig. 3 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 12-13 | 19-22. P. 13. V. 1/3. A. 25-26. C. 11. 

 Length of head 6, height of body 7 to 8 hi the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4 iu length of head, 1 diam. from end of 

 snout, and 5 apart. Snout obtuse, overhanging the mouth. A 

 well-developed crest on head ; a small and simple tentacle over 

 posterior upper angle of eye, none at nostril or neck. A row of four 

 or five large open glands, having white edges, round posterior edge 

 of orbit. Teeth in jaws small ; canines absent in my specimens 

 (in Cuv. and Val. small ones are said to exist). Fins dorsal not 

 notched, double height of body, the spinous and rayed portions of 

 nearly the same height, the membrane emarginate ; the fin does not 

 extend quite to the caudal, which is rounded. Caudal rays un- 

 branched. Colour plumbeous, usually with vertical bands, fine 

 black spots on the head and anterior portion of the body, and 

 sometimes light spots on the body. Dorsal with oblique black and 

 white streaks alternating, and a white outer edge. Caudal rays 

 black with the membrane yellow. Anal with a grey base and a 

 black white-edged outer margin. 



Hob. Eed Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1123. (2.) Salarias sindensis. 



Salarias sindensis, Day, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 263 ; lish. India, Suppl. 

 1888, p. 797. 



