NO. 1489. JAPANESE FISHES— SMITH AND POPE. 489 



Family GOBIID.E. 



GOBIES. 

 139. ELEOTRIODES HELSDINGENII Bleeker. 



Urado, May 7, one .specimen, 120 mm. lono- without the caudal lila- 

 ments. This species, which was described l)y Bleeker in 1858 from a 

 single specimen, 120 mm. long- without caudal tilaments, from the Sea 

 of Goram, does not appear to have 1»een met with since. The flapa- 



FlG. 9.— Ei.EOTRIODES HELSDINGENII. 



nese specimen, of whicii a tigure is here given, agrees perfectly with 

 Bleeker's original description," an abridgment of which is as follows: 



Dorsal vi-i, 11 or 12; anal i, 11. Body elongated, compressed, depth one-seventh 

 of the total length (with caudal filament); body covered with minute ctenoid scales, 

 about 130 in lateral series; head naked, depressed anteriorly, the interorbital space 

 less, the length of the snout more, than .the diameter of the eye; the maxillary 

 extends to below middle of orbit; the two caudal rays which are nearest to the three 

 middle ones are produced into long filaments; color above greenish rose with two 

 brown bands from tip of snout to the caudal filaments; spinous dorsal with a broad 

 dark violet spot on its upper portion surrounded by white border; soft dorsal with a 

 brownish margin; ventral.^, anal, and pectorals plain or yellowish; caudal with its 

 filaments of same color as body stripes. 



140. CTENOGOBIUS SIMILIS (Gill). 



Setagawa, Lake Biwa, April 22, eight specimens, 45 to 58 nmi. long. 



141. CTENOGOBIUS HADROPTERUS Jordan and Snyder. 

 SHIMAHAZE. 



Kochi, May 7, one specimen, 6<» mm. long. 



142. CTENOGOBIUS PFLAUMI (Bleeker). 

 YESO. 



Yamagawa and Kagoshima, June 14 and Ui, numerous specimens 

 from 57 to 80 mm. long. The row of black spots along sides is (piite 

 aistinct; throat and branchiostegal membrane with a dark streak; 

 ventrals dusky; eye 0.25 head or less. 



«Natuurk. Tijd. Nederl. Indie, XV, 1858, p. 168. 



