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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
247. Salarias saltans Jenkins, new species. 
Head 4.75 in length; depth 5.5; eye 3.6 in head; snout 5; D. xii, 20; A. i, 21; ventral 8 in length; 
pectoral 5.5. Body elongate, slender, compressed, width through pectorals 2 in head; prolile of snout 
rising vertically to below eye, then bulging slightly forward, curving upward and backward around 
eye; profile of top of head horizontal, continuing in straight line with profile of back to posterior end 
of second dorsal; from here both dorsal and ventral profiles converging to base of caudal; ventral 
profile of head descending from mouth to posterior edge of gill -membrane; from head to foot of anal 
slightly convex; mouth inclined slightly upward posteriorly; eye placed in upper anterior angle of 
side of head, close to profile; posterior nostril simple, placed above and somewhat lateral to the 
anterior, before center of pupil; anterior nostril with a soft, short, branched tentacle on its upper rim; 
eye circular; a single, filamentous, tapering tentacle above eye over anterior half of pupil, not quite as 
long as diameter of eye; eyes inclined, looking laterally and upward; interorbital space very narrow, 
less than diameter of pupil; suborbital 6 in head; length of head behind eye contains eye 2.5 times; 
gill-openings large, membranes broadly united; teeth movable, forming a fine comb along margin of 
each jaw; well within these in back of lower jaw, a small, backward curved, canine tooth in each jaw; 
branchiostegals 6; dorsal fin deeply notched; dorsal spines low, first of same length as last, 2.5 in head; 
spines gradually increasing toward middle of fin, there longest, 4.8 in head; first soft ray a little longer 
than longest spine, 1.75 in head; soft rays of uniform length, from fourth to fourteenth, being 1.3 in 
Fig. 48. — Salarias: saltans Jenkins, new species. Type. 
head; the soft dorsal being considerably more elevated than anterior dorsal, rays back of fourteenth 
decreasing in size, last equal to last spine; anal similar in shape and size to soft dorsal; caudal slightly 
rounded; median rays a little longer than head; pectoral pointed with 14 rays, median ones longest, 
all simple; ventral inserted before base of pectoral, below posterior ends of branchiostegals, of 2 simple 
rays of which the inner is the longer; caudal of 17 rays; lateral line present on anterior half of body, 
extending in a gentle curve from upper end of gill-slit above pectoral to middle of side of body. 
Color in life (field No. 152), general color olivaceous, with brown reticulations on fins and head; 
a line of pearly light blue dots (longitudinal row) along body three-fourths way down; below this 
many spots of same color; dorsal fin with black spot on anterior part (anterior upper angle); margin 
brown; fin covered with many white dots; anal unmarked except a marginal band. 
Color in alcohol, ground color pale brown; upper half of side crossed by 8 indistinct, wide, dusky 
vertical bars; general color of head pale, covered above, below, and on sides with numerous small 
white spots, the paler ground color appearing as a reticulation between the spots; several longitudinal 
series of small oval or elongate white spots on lower half of side; fins pale brownish; soft dorsal and 
caudal spotted with white; spinous dorsal with a black spot between first and second spine; soft anal 
with wide dusky border, tips of spines white; pectoral plain brown with spots toward its base. 
This description is based on the type, No. 50696, U. S. N. M., 3.2 inches in length, and 2 cotypes, 
cam: lit. in holes in the rocks at low tide near Honolulu in 1889. 
