'20 • MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Blennius rhabdotrachelus Fowler & Ball 53 is typical ol Rhabdoblennius. 
Blennius snowi Fowler 54 is the orthotype of Nixiblennius. 
Blennius longanus Jordan & Seale 55 may be named Dubiblennius . 
Blennius latidavius Griffin 56 is the type of Zeablennius. 
A well-marked group of New Zealand Blennies which includes Tripterygion 
segmentatum McCulloch & Phillipps 57 and T. bucknilli Griffin 58 may be named 
Notoclinops, with the former species as orthotype. 
The Sabre-toothed Oyster Blenny of New South Wales which has been 
identified by authors 59 as Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor 60 is not that species, but 
requires a new subgeneric and specific name and may be called Petroscirtes 
( Ostreoblennius ) s teadi. Mr. 1). G. Stead, after whom the species is named, 
recently collected a fine specimen in Port Jackson, New South Wales, the type- 
locality, with D. 31 ; A. 22; P. 14; V. 2 ; C. 11 ; depth 6-1 and head 3-9 in 
length to hypural ; ventrals, pectorals, and caudal hyaline. It is proposed to 
figure and describe this species more fully at a later date. 
Schmeltz 61 noted Petroscirtes cyprinoides Cuv. & Yal. from Bowen, but his 
record has been generally overlooked. 
The Australian species of the subfamily Salariinse have been admirably 
treated by McCulloch & McNeill 62 but I find it necessary to propose two new 
generic names as the result of a study of numerous Queensland specimens. 
Genus NEGOSCARTES nov. 
Orthotype, Salarias irroratus Alleyne & Macleay. 63 
Dorsal fins distinct. Large mandibular canines. Pectorals not nearly 
extending to anal fin. Ground-colour light in tone, overlain with dark 
reticulations. Seventeen dorsal and nineteen anal rays. 
53 Fowler & Ball, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1924 (1925), p. 272. Wake Island. 
61 Fowler, Mem. Bish. Mas. x, 1928, p. 431, fig. 71. Strong Island, Carolines. 
55 Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish, xxv, 1906, p. 420. Tonga. 
56 Griffin, Trans. N. Z. Inst. Ivi, 1926, p. 542, pi. xcvi, fig. 1. Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. 
Type in Auckland Museum. 
57 McCulloch & Phillipps, Rec. Austr. Mus. xiv, Feb. 28, 1923, p. 20, pi. iv, fig. 3. Otago, 
New Zealand. 
58 Griffin, Trans. N. Z. Inst. Ivi, 1926, p. 544, pi. xcvii. Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Type 
in Auckland Museum. 
59 Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iii, 1861, p. 234. Port Jackson specimen only. McCulloch, 
Austr. Zool. Handbook, i, 1922, p. 86. 
60 Cantor, .Tourn. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1849, p. 1182 ; Cat. Malay. Fish. 1850, p. 200. Penang. 
61 Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godef. vii, 1879, p. 48. 
62 McCulloch & McNeill, Rec. Austr. Mus. xii, 1918, pp. 9-23. pis. iii -iv. 
63 Alleyne & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales i, 4, March 1877, p. 337, pi. xiii, fig. 4. 
Low Isles, Queensland. Id. McCulloch & McNeill, Rec. Austr. Mus. xii, 1918, p. 13, pi. iii, fig. 2 
(Murray I., Q.). 
