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pectorals yellowish without distinct black mark at base; ventrals grayish with dusky tip; anal yellow, with 

 black tip; some indistinct brown blotches on check and operele; a dusky blotch from eye to mouth. 



Three specimens from the island of Panay. length 1.50 to 3.90 inches. The type is no. 53069, U. S. 

 National Museum. Cotype, no. 9248, Museum Stanford University. 



218. Rhinogobius ocyurus Jordan & Seale, new species. 



Head 3.60 in length without caudal; depth 4.05; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal vi-i, 10; anal I, 9; second 

 dorsal spine elongate, filiform; scales about 28; snout 4 in head; interorbital somewhat less than pupil; top 

 of head scaled, otherwise cheek and head naked. Body moderately elongate, slightly compressed; depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2 in head; mouth moderate in size, the angle under middle of eye: lower jaw slightly the 

 longer; small sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, the outer row larger: tongue rounded; origin of ventrals directly 



Fig. 14.— Rhinogobius ocyurus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



opposite origin of spinous dorsal; base of soft dorsal about equal to head; base of anal slightly less than head, 

 its origin nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, its longest ray 1.10 in head; pectorals 1.60 in length of body 

 without caudal; ventrals extending to anal, their length equal to head; caudal long, sharp-pointed, 2.20 in 

 length of fish without caudal. 



Color in spirits yellowish white with 8 rather broad brownish bands over back and sides, extending to 

 ventral surface: a dark spot at base of caudal, another just above the upper posterior margin of opercle; dorsal 

 fins slightly shaded with dusky; pectoral yellowish; caudal with slight tint of dusky; ventrals and anal dusky- 

 One specimen from Cavite, length 1.7.5 inches, type no. 53070, U. S. National Museum. 



G0EIUS Linnaeus. 



219. Gobius panayensis Jordan i Seale, new species. 



Fig. \b.—Gobius panayensis Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



Head 3.40 in length without caudal; depth 4.25; the width of bead greater than its depth; dorsal vi-11; 

 anal 9, scales 41; head naked; some detached silky rays at upper part of pectorals; snout 3.60 in head; 

 interorbital about equal to pupil; tongue not at all emarginate, free at tip, bluntly rounded, entire. 



Body moderately elongate, compressed; smut bluntly pointed, the jaws equal; mouth moderate, the 

 angle under middle of eye; wide bands of minute teeth in each jaw; no canines; origin of iirst dorsal slightly 



