506 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
very slightly oblique; both interorbital and suborbital very narrow; interorbital but slightly wider 
than pupil; suborbital a little greater than interorbital; spines of first dorsal of nearly equal length, 
about equal to eye; anterior and middle spines of second dorsal longest, 1.75 in head; anterior rays of 
third dorsal again abruptly longer than last rays of second, slightly longer also than longest rays of 
second, 1.6 in head; secondary rays rapidly shorter to last, which is of about same length as lastraysof 
second dorsal, slightly shorter than spines of first fin; anal fin of approximately uniform height, rays 
equal to spines of first dorsal; posterior border of caudal straight, upper and lower 3 rays much smaller 
than others, tips free from posterior edge of fin; pectoral pointed, middle rays longest, lower 6 simple, 
others bifid toward tip; teeth, small, simple, in bands in each jaw, widest in front; an outer series in 
each of enlarged teeth; no canines; a V-shaped patch on vomer. 
Color in alcohol, general color pale reddish brown, paler and more yellowish below; snout, sides, 
and ventral surface of head, gill-membranes, humeral region at base of pectoral fin, covered with close- 
set black dots; top of head mottled with dusky ; on side of body about 8 irregular vertical dusky bands, 
split below with the ground color, giving them an irregular Y-shape; 2 bands on caudal peduncle, 
simple, apparently produced by entire splitting of a single band; caudal fin finely and irregularly 
crossbanded with dusky; dorsals similarly marked; other fins plain; black color of head and of black 
lateral bands on body not continuous coloring, but formed of numerous closely, evenly distributed, 
small round, black dots. Considerable variations in color are noted. Some have no black area on 
head or shoulders, except small, scale-like, b'ack spots. 
Scales rather large, fine ciliated; lateral line straight, with tubes on first 19 scales, ending a little 
behind middle of body, here dropping to second scale row below and going farther backward for 4 
more scales. 
7'. atriceps is related to T. hemimelas but differs in the number of dorsal spines and of dorsal and 
anal soft rays. 
This description is based on the type, No. 50719, U. S. N. M., a specimen about 1 inch long, and 
9 cotypes caught by me at Honolulu, by breaking up heads of coral over a dip net. 
243. Salarias brevis Kner. 
One specimen of this species, 4.6 inches in length, is in Dr. Wood’s collection. Structurally this 
specimen seems to correspond to Kner’s description and figure, but the grouping of the spots in my 
example differs from that shown in Kner’s figure. The example described by Kner was from the 
Godeffroy Museum from. Savaii, and to the time of this record was the only known specimen of the 
species. 
Solaria* brevis Kner, Sitzb. Ak. Wins. Wien, lviii, 1888, 334, taf. fi, tig. IS; Gunther, Fisehe der Siidsee, iv, 203, taf. 118 , %. 
C, 1877. 
244. Salarias cypho Jenkins, new species. 
Head 5 in length; depth 5; eye 4 in head; snout 4; suborbital 7.6 in head, 1 6 in eye; interorbital 
3.5- D. xii, 22; A. 24; C. 17; P. 14; depth of apex of caudal peduncle 2.25 in head; width of body 
at bases of pectorals 1.6 in head; middle of apex of caudal peduncle equal to one-half diameter of eye; 
profile of top of head straight horizontal, before eyes sloping downward very sharply to mouth; lower 
jaw included; lower profile of head inclined gently downward from symphysis; mouth horizontal; 
dorsal profile almost straight and horizontal from origin of dorsal to middle of soft dorsal, inclined slightly 
downward from here 1o base of caudal fin; belly distended; profile from front of anal fin to base of 
caudal straight, gently inclined upward; a simple filamentous tentacle on middle of eye equal to 
diameter of eye; a large dermal crest on occiput, equal to snout in length, 2.4 in head; no canine teeth 
in either jaw, single series of comb-like teeth in margin of each jaw, upper forming a semicircle; 
dorsal beginning above upper end of gill-slit; anterior spines somewhat curved backward; first spine 
1.75 in head; second, third, and fourth spines longest, 1.3 in head, the following regularly decreasing, 
last 2.75 in head; first ray of second dorsal abruptly longer than last of first dorsal, separated from it by 
a greater interval than that between connected spines of first dorsal; membrane between the two fins 
deeply notched; first soft ray very slightly shorter than first spine; rays increasing slightly in length 
to fifth, which is 1.3 in head, equal to longest spine; succeeding rays about equal to fifth, except pos- 
teriorly, where last short ray equals 2 in head; first anal ray hidden in membrane, weak, one-half 
diameter of eye, second anal ray 3 in head; succeeding rays gradually but slightly increasing in length 
