1897.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 87 



The other specimen, which seems to have been better fed, has the 

 head a little broader and the eyes more nearly vertical, and smaller 

 teeth in the outer row. 



Apooryptes serperaster Richardson. 



Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, Ichth. China, 206 {Gilnther) ; Giinther, 

 Cat. Fishes, III, 82, 1861 ; Day, Fishes of India, p. 300, pi. LXV, fig. 2. 



Four specimens, 5i in. long. 



Head 5, depth 7*, eye 5i ; D. VI-28. 



Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (Gmelin). 



Gobius pectinirostris Gmelin, p. 1200, 1774. 

 Apocryptes pectinirostris, Cuvier & Valenciennes, 12, 150, 1837. 

 Boleophthalmus pectinirostris, Giinther, Cat. Fishes, III, 102, 1861 ; Day, 

 Fishes of India, 308, 1888. 



Several specimens, 4 in. long. 



Head 31, depth 6, eye 6 ; D. V-25 ; A. 25. 



Gobioides petersenii Steindachner. 



Gobioides petersenii Steindachner, S. B. Akad. Wien. C II, 1893, 235 (Swa- 

 tow). 



Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider). 



Gobius vagina Bloch & Schneider, 73, 1801. 



Trypauchen vagina, Cuv. & Val., XII, 153, 1837 ; Giinther, Cat. Fishes, III, 

 137, 1861 ; Day, Fishes of India, 320, pi. 68, fig. 2, 1888. 



Several specimens, 6 in. long. 

 Head 6, depth 8 i, eye about 8. 

 A good description by Day, 1. c. 



CEPOLIDJE. 



Cepola abbreviata Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Cepola abbreviata Cuv. & Val., X, 403, 1835. 



Cepola abbreviata, Giinther, Cat., Ill, 488, 1861 ; Day, Fishes of India, 324, 

 pi. 68, fig. 4, 1888. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



SILLAGINTDiE. 



Sillago sibama (Forskal). 



Atherina sihama Forskal, 70, 1775. 



Sillago sihama, Giinther, Cat. Fishes, II, 243, 1860; Day, Fishes of India, 

 p. 265, pi. LVII, fig, 3, 1888. 



Four specimens, 5 inches long. 



Head 3| ; depth 6i ; eye 31 ; scales 66. D. XI-I, 21 ; A. I, 22. 



PLEURONECTID^. 



Paralichtbys arsius (Buchanan Hamilton). 



Pleuronectes arsius Buch. Ham., Fish Gang., 128 {Giinther). 



Rhombus lentiginosus , Richardson, Ann. &Mag. Nat. Hist., XI, 1843, p. 495. 



