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1137. (16.) Salarias striolatus. 

 Salarias striolatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 333. 



D. 12 | 20-21 . P. 14. V. 2. A. 20-21. 0. 13. 



Length of head 5|, of caudal fin 8, height of body 5| in the total 

 length. Eyes comparatively large and high up ; profile from eyes 

 to snout vertical, overhanging mouth. A very low crest on head, 

 absent in some (? female) specimens. A simple supraorbital tentacle 

 as long as the eye, also a simple nasal one. Teeth small posterior 

 canines in lower jaw. Fins dorsal deeply notched, not extended 

 on to caudal, first portion very low, second higher, half height of 

 body. Caudal rounded. Colour greyish, with indistinct vertical 

 cross bands. A blue spot below eye. Five or six horizontal black 

 lines commence opposite end of pectoral, and break up into spots 

 near caudal. Dorsal fins with two horizontal rows of spots, smaller 

 but more distinct on the second dorsal. Anal with a row of blue 

 spots along base, and a grey external edge. Five or six vertical 

 and sinuous bands of spots on caudal. In some specimens, especi- 

 ally in those wanting the crest, the bands along the body are not 

 well marked. 



Hob. Andaman s. 



1138. (17.) Salarias oortii. 



Salarias oortii, Blecker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. i, p. 257; Day, Fish. 

 India, Supj)l. p. 798 (see synon.). 



D. 12/19-21. P. 14. V. 2. A. 23-24. C. 13. 



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

 total length. Eyes high up ; diameter 4 in length of head, 

 1| diam. from end of snout, which is very slightly oblique. A 

 crest on summit of head, a fringed tentacle above orbit and another 

 at nostrils. Teeth small canines in lower jaw. Fins dorsal fin 

 notched almost to its base, continuous with caudal; anterior por- 

 tion two thirds as high as body, posterior at least one third higher ; 

 caudal rounded. Colour stone-colour along back, becoming violet 

 on sides and beneath ; darker bands from the back, sometimes 

 arranged in pairs. Anterior dorsal reddish violet, with several 

 undulating narrow white lines and sometimes a small black blotch 

 between first and second spines. Second dorsal with oblique 

 white bands directed upwards and backwards ; bluish marks or 

 spots in its outer fourth. Caudal and anal with their outer thirds 

 brownish. 



ffab. Aden ; east coast of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1139. (18.) Salarias bilitonensis. 



Salarias bilitoneusis, Bkeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. xv, p. 231 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 334, pi. Ixxi, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



D. 12 j 20. P. 13. V. 2. A. 20-21. C. 15. 

 Length of head 5|, of caudal fin 6, height of body 7 to 8 times 



