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that of the first. Caudal long pointed, ending in a filament. Anal origin 

 below that of soft dorsal. Pectorals long, ending in a filament above the 

 fourth or fifth ray of the anal. 



Color light brownish, fins darker ; ventrals black ; a series of small spots of 

 brown along the middle of the flank from the cheek to a black spot on the 

 bases of the caudal rays. 



Secured in the Bay of Moala, Fiji Islands, on the east side, iu twenty-five 

 fathoms depth. 



Gobius "waitii, sp. nov. 



Plate 3, Fig. 3. 



D. 6 + 10 ; A. 10; LI. 27 ; Ltr. 10. 



Body short and thick, depth nearly one-fourth of the total length. Head 

 short and broad, five-seventeenths of the total length. Snout short, little 

 longer than the eye. Mouth medium, nearly vertical ; canine teeth rather 

 small. Eye one-fourth as long as the head. Bases of dorsal fins united by 

 membranes. Caudal of moderate length, pointed. Ventrals short, disk 

 broader than long, subcircular. Scales large and ctenoid on the body, hidden 

 on the head by dermal growths that give the appearance of being roughened 

 by short sharp points or flaps of skin. 



Color yellowish, slightly browned toward the back, lighter below head and 

 abdomen and near the edges of the fins. Caudal apparently with an edging 

 of dark. No spots or bands. 



From Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 



Specific name given in honor of the Australian ichthyologist, Edgar R. 

 Waite, F. L. S. 



Gobiodon atrangulatus, sp. uov. 



Plate 2, Fig. 2. 



D. 7 + 11 ; A. 10; P. 19. 



Body much compressed, deeper anteriorly, tapering backward ; width two- 

 fifths of the depth ; depth more than one-third of the total length. Head 

 three- fifths as long as deep, narrow above the orbits, swollen on the cheeks, 

 strongly arched from mouth to nape. Snout short, blunt, rounded, as long as 

 the orbit. Eye less than one-fourth of the length of the head. Nostrils with 

 raised margins. Gill openings as wide as the bases of the pectorals and 

 situated immediately in front of them. Dorsal origin above the base of the 

 pectoral. First dorsal short, little if any more than half as high as the second ; 

 second larger and higher than the first, from which it is not separated, angles 

 rounded or blunt. Anal rounded, deeper than first dorsal. Caudal deep, 

 hind margin convex. Pectorals broad, subround. Ventrals twice as long as 

 the eye. 



Color brownish, probably light red or yellow in life. The only spot or 



