BLENNIID/E. 313 



D. 13/20. P. 14. V. 2. A. 23. C. 12. 



Length of head 5, height of body 5 in the total length. Eyes 

 situated high up, diameter 4 in length of the head, 1 diam. 

 from end of snout and also apart. Body strongly compressed, 

 profile from above orbits to end of snout oblique. Maxilla reaches 

 to beneath front edge of eye. No tentacles or crest on head. 

 Teeth -large, well developed, posterior canines. Fins dorsal 

 not notched, higher posteriorly, longest rays half height of body ; 

 anal not quite so high as soft dorsal : caudal rays unbranched. 

 Dorsal and anal fins not quite united to caudal. Colour olivaceous, 

 four wide brown bands on head, the three anterior encircle it ; 

 about twelve vertical bands on body, more or less distinct, but most 

 so at base of dorsal fin. Dorsal fin with a dark mark along 

 anterior two thirds ; anal black-edged, each ray tipped with pure 

 white. 



Hab. Three specimens up to 2| inches in length from Karachi 

 in Sind. 



1124. (3.) Salarias fasciatus. 



Blennius fasciatus, Block, Ich. ii, p. Ill, t. 162, fig. 1. 

 Salarias fasciatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 330 (see synon.), 



B. vi. D. 12 | 17-19. P. 17. V. 3. A. 19-21. C. 11. 



Length of head 6 to 61, of caudal fin 5^, height of body 5 in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 4| in length of head, 1 diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Anterior profile of snout nearly ver- 

 tical. Maxilla reaches to below hind edge of eye. No crest. A 

 short fringed supraorbital tentacle, a fringed nasal one, and one at 

 the nape. Teeth no canines. Fins dorsal fin not notched, 

 continued nearly to caudal. Front anal rays rather elongate and 

 semi-detached. Colour light brown, banded and spotted with 

 yellow and blue, sometimes blue spots along base of dorsal. On 

 the throat and chest are light-coloured bands and white spots. 



Hab. Ked Sea, seas of India, Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



1125. (4.) Salarias fuscus. 



Salarias fuscus, Ruppell, N. W., Fische. p. 135, t. 32, fig. 2; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 330, pi. Ixx, fig. 2, Sttppl. p. 797 (see synon.). 



D. 30. P. 15. V. 2. A. 2/18-19. C. 11. 

 Length of head 4|, height of body 3| to 4 times in the total 

 length. Eyes high up, not quite 1 diam. from end of snout, and 

 diam. apart. Profile from eye to snout subvertical, sometimes 

 even projecting over mouth. Maxilla reaches to below middle of 

 eye. A short simple tentacle over eye. No crest. Teeth no 

 canines. Fins dorsal fin not notched, highest posteriorly, where 

 it does not quite equal height of body ; in the specimen described 

 (male ?) the last dorsal and anal rays are prolonged ; dorsal con- 



