BLENNILD.fi. 315 



D. 11-12 | 15-16. P. 14. V. 3. A. (2+) 16-18. C. 11. 



Length of head 4 to 4f , height of body 4| to 5| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3| in length of head, 1 diam. from end 

 of snout, and | apart. Snout obtuse, not overhanging luouth. 

 No crest, but a line of eight or ten fringed tentacles from above 

 eye to base of dorsal. A fringed orbital tentacle, another at nostril. 

 Teeth small posterior canines in lower jaw. Fins first dorsal 

 commencing over hind edge of preopercle, f as high as body and 

 rather higher than second dorsal, no distinct notch, but last spines 

 rather lower than first rays, not continued on to caudal fin. 

 First two anal rays in some specimens expanded and fringed at 

 their extremities. Caudal cut square. Colour light olive, with 

 six indistinct vertical brownish bands, as wide as the ground-colour ; 

 the whole body and fins dotted with black ; occasionally some white 

 spots above anal. A large black, white-edged ocellus between 

 first and second dorsal spines. Some vertical red bands on pectoral 

 and caudal fins. Anal dark, with two rows of light blue spots on 

 the anterior and three on the posterior rays, which have also small 

 black dots and a narrow white edge. In some specimens all the 

 dots are black. 



Hob. Karachi, growing to 4 inches in length ; common in pools 

 left by the receding tides on the rocks of Oyster Island. There 

 are two illustrations of this species amongst Sir Walter Elliot's 

 drawings, the largest was captured at Waltair. 



1129. (8.) Salarias kirkii. 



Salarias kirkii, Gimther, A. M. N. H. 18(38, ser. 4, i, p. 458 : Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 331, pi. Ixix, fig. 6. 



D. 17 20-23. P. 15. Y. 4. A. 28-29. C. 14. 



Length of head 6|, of caudal fin 6, height of body 7 5 in the total 

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

 snout, and \ apart. Profile from upper edge of eyes to end of 

 snout slightly oblique, some large open pores round eyes. A 

 moderately well-developed crest on head, a short fringed tentacle 

 over orbit. Teeth no canines. Fins dorsals divided by a slight 

 notch : dorsal and caudal rays simple, not branched ; second dorsal 

 not continued quite to base of caudal. Lateral line visible. 

 Colour dark leaden, with some traoes of vertical bands ; oblique 

 lines on dorsal fins. Lower edge of anal white. 



Hob. Zanzibar and Siud. 



1130. (9.) Salarias andersonii. 



Salarias andersonii, Day, Fish. India, p. 331. 



D. 14 | 22. P. 15. V. 4. A. 28. C. 14. 

 Length of head 7, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 7 in the total 

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

 of snout, and apart. Head rounded anteriorly, snout not pro- 

 jecting ; some large open pores round eyes, also some smaller ones 



