. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. SALAKIAS. Ill Tropical and Subtropical Seas, a few species in fresh waters. The latter have one representative in Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. 1. SALARIAS MONOCHROUS. Alticus monochrous, Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. (2) iii. 1869, p. 234, and Poiss. Madag. p. 60, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1874); Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 391, pi. xxxix. figs. 1 &2 (1891). Alticus aspilus, Bleek. 11. cc. p. 235, and p. 61, pi. xvi. fig. 1. Body compressed,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. SALAKIAS. Ill Tropical and Subtropical Seas, a few species in fresh waters. The latter have one representative in Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. 1. SALARIAS MONOCHROUS. Alticus monochrous, Bleek. Versl. Ak. Amsterd. (2) iii. 1869, p. 234, and Poiss. Madag. p. 60, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1874); Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 391, pi. xxxix. figs. 1 &2 (1891). Alticus aspilus, Bleek. 11. cc. p. 235, and p. 61, pi. xvi. fig. 1. Body compressed, its depth 8 to 8J times in total length ; head 5^ to 6 times in total length. A dermal crest on the head in the adult male ; eve 4 to 5 times in length of head; a bifid tentacle above the eye ; canine teeth present in male. Dorsal XIV 22, originating on occiput, simple rays more or less produced into filaments, the anterior at least Fix. Salarias monochrous. $ , after Bleeker (Poiss. Madag.). as long as head. Anal 24-26. Pectoral much longer than head. Ventral with 4 rays. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle deeper than long. Dark purplish brown, uniform or with black cross-bars. Total length 110 millim. Sambirano E., Madagascar; Reunion.—Type in Leyden Museum. The occurrence of the Mediterranean Blenniid Cristiceps argentatus, Bissoj in one of the " rigoles d'ecoulement" of the Fontaine Malakoff, an artesian well between Algiers and Laghouat, reported by Playfair and Letourneux, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) viii. 1871, p. 386, on the authority of a M. Fanton, of Algiers, cannot be admitted until confirmed. The specimen described by the above authors is not preserved in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George
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