PHILIPPINE FISHES—KVERMAyX AND SEALE. 



511 



crown; eye -i in head; snout 4; interorbital about equal to pupil; 

 about 14 of the upper pectoral rays detached and silky; tongue emar- 

 oinate, free anteriorly; teeth small, in .several rows. 



Color in spirits, greenish or grayish; some very indistinct dusky 

 markings on middle line of side; no white dots; dorsal blotched with 

 dusky; a dusky blotch on posterior p.irt of s|)in()us dorsal. 



Fig. 2. — M.po mearn?i. 



Two specimens, the type, Cat. No. 55624:, U.S.N.M., a specimen 2.5 

 inches long, from Zamboanga, Mindanao, and a cotype. No. 1495, 

 Bureau of Fisheries, a specimen 1.55 inches long, from same place. 



We take pleasure in naming this interesting species for Dr. Edgar 

 A. Mearns, U. 8. Army, who collected the type. 



i6. GOBIUS CALDERiE Evermann and Scale, new species. 



Head 8. 75 in length; depth 5.20; eye 4 in head; snout 3.50; inter- 

 orbital equal to pupil; D. VI, 11; A. 10; scales 26, i> in vertical series; 

 tongue adnate, merely truncate scarcely, if at all. emarginate; width 



Fig. 3. — GOBU'.S CALDER.E. 



of head 1.20 in its length; depth of iiead 1.75; teeth in jaws in several 

 series; body tirmly scaled; head naked, except on nuchal region; cau- 

 dal rounded; ventral stout, disk-lil<;e. 



Color in spirits, yellowish with tint of green; about 6 longitudinal 

 black bands on side, the 2 lower ones l)roken up with about 8 black 

 spots; cheek with dark lines, 2 of which extend into the yellow color- 



