RY C. W. DE VI H, >I.A. 



147 



Salarias galkatus. 



D. 12/18. A. 22. 



The height of the body is 5| in the total length ; head the 

 same. A high ronnded crest on the head — not continuous 

 with the dorsal hn. No tentacles. No canines. Dorsal not 

 notched ; spinous portion rather arched, soft, gradually rising 

 to a considerable height ; the eighth to the fifteenth rays tila- 

 mentose ; the whole not continued on to the caudal. Caudal 

 forked ; its lobes a little filamentose. Profile of snout nearly 

 vertical. Dark brown, paler posteriorly, with small scattered 

 and few black spots. A dark longitudinal line or two on the 

 first dorsal. 



Locality, St. Helena ; living in the recesses of coral and 

 vei'j active. All these little fish turn upon their capturers, 

 and those with canine teeth readily draw blood. Collected by 

 Mr. D. Macpherson, a zealous correspondent. 



Ch(ERGPS venustus. 

 D. 13/17. A. 3/10. Lat. 29. Tr. 3/9. 



No posterior canine. Serrature of preopercle rather indis- 

 tinct. Head obtuse, as high as long. Preorbital high ; half 

 of the length of the head. Caudal truncate, with the lobes a 

 little prolonged. Scales of cheeks in 9-10 rows — subimlnicate. 

 Colour (recent) pale blueish-green, pretty uniform, or with 

 the side pale crimson, and the belly pale flesh colour, M'ith a 

 pale blue spot more or less distinct on each scale. A blue or 

 purple line round the eye ; before the eye, a yellow patch, 

 with a blue or purple bar in its middle, and a blue or purple 

 spot above and below it ; chin and throat lig-ht blue, be- 

 coming purplish over the angle of the preoperculum. Upper 

 i-ays and base of each ray of the pectoral, azure blue. Base of 

 fin, yellow. Anal yellow, with a broad submarginal band of 

 blue, broken up posteriorly by the ground colour : a bright 

 blue band, or series of large spots, at the base. Dorsal yellow, 

 with a similar band at the base : a broad baiid of blue s])ots, 

 more or less confluent, in the middle ; and a narrow blue edge. 

 Caudal greenish yellow, with some of the middle, or all of the 

 rays, azui-e blue. ]\[uzzle with blue dots on a j'ellow ground. 

 U])])er lip blue ; edge of maxillaiy yellow. Length to 22 

 inches. 



Locality, Moreton I^ay. 



