320 EXPEDITIOX OF TIIK '■ALBATROSS," 1,S99-1900. 



Mapo fuscus (Rippell). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. V . S. Fish Comm., 1905, 23, pt. 1, p. 4S3, fig. 212. .loitnAN & Seale, 

 Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 402. 



Gnhiiis fuscus RttpPELL, Atlas, 1S28, p. 137. 



Gohius nlbopunctalus CrviER & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1837, 12, p. .57. 



No. 05908, five specimens l| to 3 inches long from Rangiroa; one specimen 

 l\ inches long and Nos. 05919, 05912, 2\ inches and l| inches long from Alakemo, 

 both places in Paumotu Islands. No. 09051, M. C. Z. 29526, l| inches long from 

 Vavau, Tonga Islands. No. 08944, M. C. Z. 29481, 3 inches long from Kusaie, 

 Caroline Islands. Nos. 08939, M. C. Z. 29504, two specimens if and 2 inches 

 long from Tonga Islands and 08913, if inches long from Arhno Atoll, Marshall 

 Islands. 



Glossogobius biocellatus (Civier & ^'ALENCIENNEs). 



Gohius biocellatus Crv. * \'al., Hisl. Xal. Poi.ss., 1837, 12, p. 57 (74). Dav, Fishes of India. 1870, 

 p. 289, pi. 63, fig. 8. 



One specimen, 1 inch long from Alakemo, Paumotu Islands. This speci- 

 men is too small for positive identification, but it is provisionally identified with 

 G. biocellatus, since it agrees verj^ well in all the characters given, except in colora- 

 tion. It has dorsal VI-I, 9; A. I, 9 (Cuv. & Val. give D. VI, I, 10; A. I, 9); 

 scales at least 27; tongue notched; head naked; it agrees perfectly with Day's 

 descrijition of teeth. 



Color in alcohol, pale, slight traces of large brownish spots on sides and 

 narrow bar across base of caudal; group of large punctulations anteriorly at 

 base of spinous dorsal, other smaller groups near end of rays indicating possible 

 bands, but the membrane is torn and the spines are separated somewhat. A 

 few punctulations in longitudinal series on the middle of the rays of the soft 

 dorsal . 



Awaous genivittatus (ruviER & Valenciennes). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1905, 23. jit. 1, p. 492, fig. 218. 

 Gohius qeiiivitlatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., IS37, 12, ]). 64. Gunther, Fische dcr Siulscc, 

 1877, 6, p. 170, taf. 110, fig. C. 



One specimen. No. 08989, 3^ inches long fiom Kusaie, Caroline Islands. 



