. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 118 ILLUSTRATIONS AND RECORDS OF FISHES Family SALARIIDAE. Genus SALARIAS Cuvier, 1816. SALARIAS RAROTONGENSIS, sp. nov. (Figure 13) ; A. 17; P. 14; V. 3. C. with 7 branched rays. Head (10 mm.) , depth (7) 6 in standard length (42). Snout (4) in head. Eye (3) in snout and 3 times interorbital. Width of mouth () in head. Head much longer than wide. No nuchal crest. Eyes with a simple tentacle. A very small, simple nuchal tentacle, and a broader, fringed nasal one. Interorbital slightly concave. Maxillary reaches to
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 118 ILLUSTRATIONS AND RECORDS OF FISHES Family SALARIIDAE. Genus SALARIAS Cuvier, 1816. SALARIAS RAROTONGENSIS, sp. nov. (Figure 13) ; A. 17; P. 14; V. 3. C. with 7 branched rays. Head (10 mm.) , depth (7) 6 in standard length (42). Snout (4) in head. Eye (3) in snout and 3 times interorbital. Width of mouth () in head. Head much longer than wide. No nuchal crest. Eyes with a simple tentacle. A very small, simple nuchal tentacle, and a broader, fringed nasal one. Interorbital slightly concave. Maxillary reaches to below posterior part of eye. Both lips entire. Teeth very fine and numerous, flexible. A large canine. Figure 13—Blenny, Salarias rarotongensis. Holotype from the Cook Islands. on each side behind lower jaw. Gill-membrane with free fold across broad isthmus. Lateral line arched above pectoral, obsolete posteriorly. Depth of caudal peduncle equals eye. Height of first dorsal fin less than that of second which is higher than anal. Dorsals notched to base. Last anal ray and last dorsal ray free from caudal peduncle. Colour in alcohol pale grey to silvery grey. Vertex of head brown. A series of four paired bands along back, below and slightly behind which are paired brown chevrons along the sides. Scattered brown spots on shoulders and a few on sides of head. Chin slightly fuscous medially and with two indistinct oblique bands on each side of whitish median area. Fins yellowish. Dorsals with reddish-brown spotting. Pectoral not black-spotted, but infuscated towards tip. Caudal with brown marks, mostly on the rays, tending to form sloping cross-bars. Anal border dusky. Eye blue with silvery iris. Upper lip with five transverse dusky bars. Described and figured from the unique holotype, 50 mm. or nearly 2 inches long. Austr. Mus. regd. no. hoc.—Rarotonga, Cook Islands; G. P 1931, on coral reef. Distinguished by its coloration, minute and nuchal tentacles. Whitley, Octob
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