324 EXPEDITION OF THE "ALBATROSS," 1899-1900. 



PARAGOBIOIDES, gen. nov. 



Type P. grandoculis, sp. nov. 



Similar to Gobioides but with very large eyes. The venti'al fins apparently 

 separate, but it is uncertain if the division is normal. 



Paragobioides grandoculis, .sp. nov. 



Plate 6, figure ;?. 



Type No. 65975, U. S. N. M., l| inclies long, Arhno Atoll, Marshall 

 Islands. 



Body elongate, slender, with minute scales; dorsal 58, inserted at a distance 

 from tip of snout equal to about I base of dorsal, its rays somewhat produced 

 beyond membrane; anal 38, inserted at a distance from tip of lower jaw equal 

 to about I base of anal; ventrals I, 5; caudal with middle rays somewhat pro- 

 duced. Mouth somewhat oblique, lower jaw projecting, lip thick and fleshy; 

 teeth in bands in both jaws, the upper with two canine-like teeth anteriorly, 

 one on each side; outer .series of lower jaw enlarged, growing progressively 

 shorter posteriorly; apparently fine teeth on vomer and palatines; gill mem- 

 branes broadly joined to the isthnuis; head 7.5 in length to base of caudal; 

 depth 13.23; eye 4.25. 



Color pale straw, fins colorless excepting the caudal which is slightly dusky 

 at the tips of rays. Probably a young fish. 



CALLIONYMIDAE. 



Callionymus cookii Ginthee. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lund., 1871, ]). 605. Fisi-hc dcr Sud.sei', 1877, 6, ]). 192, taf. 113, fig. B, 



Two specimens, No. 05939, M. C. Z. 29596 (1 specimen), Ig and 2| inches 

 long from Fakarava, Paumotu Islands. 



The 24 inch specimen is apparently a male, the other a female. Dorsal 

 IV, 8; anal 7. 



These specimens agree more closely with ('allioiiif/i/Ks nniL-ii than with any 

 other described species. The colors are faded, but in the male there are traces 



