ART. 10 SUMATRA, JAVA, AND TAHITI FISHES FOWLER AND BEAN 1 1 



\% m. total head length; last dorsal ray, 3; last anal ray, 23^; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle, 3; pectoral, \%; ventral, IJ^. 



Color in alcohol largely pale brownish, with sUght olive tinge. 

 Several small, pale grayish ocelli on preorbital and few larger ones 

 scattered on cheek, opercle and preopercle. Fins all pale. Spinous 

 dorsal with black apical blotch large as pupil. 



Length, 45 mm. 



One example from Benkoelen. December 19, 1925. It agrees 

 with Playfair's figure though is younger. Its color pattern is less 

 elaborate and the pale oblique bar on the side of the head is repre- 

 sented by spots. 



82. BUTIS BUTIS (Buchanan-Hamilton). 



One example, 105 mm. This and the next two species obtained at 

 Batavia, Java, October, 1925. 



Family GOBIIDAE 



83. GLOSSOGOBIUS GIURUS (Bnchanan-Hamilton). 



One example, 123 mm, 



84. EUCTENOGOBIUS CRISTATUS (Day). 



Two examples, 120 mm. 



85. GOBIODON CITRINUS (Ruppell). 



Four from Poeloe Toekus Island, 36 to 42 mm. December 20, 1925. 

 Uniformly pale. 



Three dark brown examples, same data, 34 to 36 mm. 



One from same locality in November, 1925. All show traces of 

 vertical lines in head. 



86. GOBIUS ORNATCJS Ruppell. 



Ten from Benkoelen, 60 to 99 mm. December 19, 1925. 



87. GOBIUS CRINIGER Valenciennes. 



One from Benkoelen, 78 mm. December 14, 1925. 



88. BATHYGOBIUS FUSCUS (Ruppell). 



One from Benkoelen, 42 mm. December 19, 1925. 



89. BATHYGOBIUS POECIUCHTHYS (Jordan and Snyder). 



Two small examples from Benkoelen, December 19, 1925. Head, 

 3^; depth, A:%; D. VI-I, 9, i; A. I, 8; scales, 35 + 3, transversely 

 15; snout, 43^ in head from snout tip; eye, 3; maxillary, 3^; inter- 

 orbital, 2%. Agree on comparison with a series of examples from 

 Tanegashima Island, Japan. 



90. PERIOPHTHALMUS KOELREUTERI (Pallas). 



Two from Benkoelen, 53 to 58 mm. November, 1925. 

 Family CALLIONYMIDAE 



91. CALLIONYMUS SAGITTA Pallas. 



Two from Benkoelen, 65 to 68 mm. November, 1925. Differ from 

 Day's figure ^ in that the eye is long as snout. Day showing eye twice 



> Fishes of India, pt. 2, 1876, pi. 68, fig. 5, females. 



