320 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



in total length. Eyes in anterior third of head ; interorbital space 

 concave, with a slight ridge along the middle ; profile from eves to 

 snout prominent, but not overhanging jaws. A rather large rounded 

 crest on the head. A simple supraorbital tentacle, a short fringed 

 one at the nostril. Teeth a pair of rather small canines in lower 

 jaw. Fins a deep notch between the two dorsals ; second dorsal 

 continued on to base of caudal ; first dorsal two thirds height of 

 body, second posteriorly as high as body. Lower pectoral fin- 

 rays longer than upper. Anal as high as first dorsal. Colour 

 greenish stone-coloured, with some bluish spots on head near eyes ; 

 about eight pairs of vertical streaks on body, and sometimes eight 

 or ten longitudinal dark ones. Dorsal more or less marked with 

 brown, in places forming spots ; oblique brown marks on lower 

 half of second dorsal, and a dark outer edge. Anal with a dark 

 outer edge. Caudal dark, with six or seven narrow vertical bands. 

 Hob. Audamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



1140. (19.) Salarias neilli. 



Snlarias neilli, Day, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 263 ; Fish. India. Suiml. 



p. 797. 



D. 12/17. P. 13. V. 2. A. 19. C. 10. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 4| in the total length. Eyes 

 situated high up, 4 diameters in length of head, 1 from end of 

 snout, and apart. Frontal profile very steep, the bead as high as 

 long. A fringed supraorbital tentacle about twice as long as eye, 

 a small fringed one at nostril ; no crest on head. Teeth in a single 

 row fixed, a very large curved canine posteriorly in lower jaw and 

 a smaller curved one in upper. Fins spinous portion of dorsal fin 

 lower than rayed part, notch between the two portions well marked ; 

 longest dorsal ray half the height of body ; neither dorsal nor anal 

 fins attached to caudal, which is somewhat wedge-shaped and its 

 rays branched. Colour olive, with seven or eight short dark bands 

 descending from dorsal fin down first third of body. Some dark 

 bands radiate from the eye; a large black blotch below and some- 

 what behind orbit. Two semicircular brown bands across lower 

 surface of mandibles. Pins darker than body. 



ffab. Karachi; out of ten specimens the longest is 2^ inches. 



1141. (20.) Salarias unicolor. (Fig. 103.) 



Salarias unicolor, Riippell, N. W., Fische, p. 136; Day. Fish. India, 

 p. dd4, pi. Ixx, fig. 6 male, 5 female (see synon.). 



D. 12 \ 17-18. R 14. V. 2. A. 18-19. C. 10. 



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



length Eyes rather prominent, 1 J to 2 diain. from end of snout, 



2 apart, interorbital space slightly concave ; forehead does not 



project beyond mouth. In the male a well-developed crest on 



