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Dorsal and anal fins externally black edged, and tbe membrane studded with fine brown 
spots. Caudal light-colonred. 
Habitat. — Ceylon, one specimen incbes in length. 
Page 330. Salaeias eusctjs. Add synonym. 
Salarias pliaiosoma, Bleeker, Batoe, p. 317. 
,, holomelas, Gunther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, x, 1872, p. 399. 
„ niger, Koss. n. Raiib. E. R. M. p. 21, t. ii, f. 8. 
Page 331. Add Salaeias sindensis. 
Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 263. 
B. vi, D. 13/20, P. 14, V. 2, A. 23, C. 12. 
Length of head 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total length. Hyes — situated high up 
near the dorsal profile, diameter 1/4 of the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of 
the snout and also apart. Body strongly compressed, profile from above the orbits to the 
end of the snout oblique. The height of the head equals its length excluding the snout. 
The posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the front edge of the eye. No 
tentacles or crest on the head. Teeth — large, well developed, posterior canines. Fins — 
dorsal not notched, but becoming higher posteriorly where the longest rays equal half the 
height of the body : anal not quite so high as soft dorsal : dorsal, anal, and caudal rays 
unbranched. The dorsal and anal fins not quite connected to the caudal. Golours — 
olivaceous, four wide brown bands on the head, the three anterior of which encircle it, 
about twelve vertical bands on the body, more or less distinct, but most so at the base of 
the dorsal fin. Dorsal fin with a dark mark along its anterior two-thirds : anal black- 
edged, each ray tipped with pure white. In one there appears to be marks of some 
narrow, horizontal bands having existed along the front half of the body. 
Habitat. — Three specimens up to 24 inches in length from Kurrachee in Sind. 
Page 331. Add Salaeias ceueetipienis. 
Tickell, Fishes, p. 313, MSS. with a figure. 
B. vi, D. 13/13, V. 2, A. 17. 
Length of head 5, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 4 in the total length. Hyes — high 
up near the dorsal profile. Body compressed : the profile from the eyes to the mouth 
almost vertical: the posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the hind 
edge of the eye. No crest on the head : a bifurcated supraorbital tentacle and a fringed 
nasal one. Fins — dorsal not notched, and posteriorly continued on to the caudal fin, its 
spinous portion equal to three-fourths the height of the body and rather more than its soft 
part. Anal lower than the dorsal, its posterior rays the longest. Golours — rich vinous 
olive sepia : a large patch of pale yellowish-brown from the angle of the lips to the lower 
edge of the subopercle. Caudal fin of the same colour as the body, with the three outer 
rays above and below tawny. Dorsal fin dusky, its basal half blackish, external half of 
anterior 17 rays carmine, of the 9 posterior rays black. Anal fin dusky with a carmine 
band along its centre, and externally with a carmine and black edging. Pectoral paler 
than the body with its lower rays tinged with carmine. 
Habitat. — Saddle Island, off Kyoukphoo in Arracan. The specimen was 2’8 inches 
in length. 
Page 332. Add Salaeias neilli. 
Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 263. 
B. vi, D. 12/17, P. 13, Y. 2, A. 19, C. 10. 
Length of head 4|, height of body 4-1 of the total length. Hyes — situated high up near 
the dorsal profile, 4 diameters in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the 
snout and half a diameter apart. Frontal profile very steep, the head as high as it is long, 
the maxilla reaches to beneath the last third of the eye. A fringed supraorbital tentacle 
about twice as long as the eye, a small fringed one at the nostril, no crest on the head. 
Teeth — in a single row fixed, a very large curved canine posteriorly in the lower jaw and 
a smaller curved one in the upper. Fins — spinous portion of dorsal fin lower than the 
rayed part, the notch between the two portions well marked, the longest dorsal rays are 
equal to half the height of the body of the fish, neither the dorsal nor anal fins are 
attached to the caudal, which latter is somewhat wedge-shaped and its rays are branched. 
Golours — olive with seven or eight short dark bands descending from the dorsal fin down 
the first third of the body. Some dark bands radiate from the eye : a large black blotch 
below and somewhat behind the orbit. Two semicircular brown bands across the lower 
surface of the mandibles. Fins darker than the body. 
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