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series more strongly developed than others, no true canines in upper 

 jaw, though the outermost series approach canines in front; lower 

 jaw with numerous series of strong backward curved, thin, hook-like 

 teeth, the outermost series the strongest, 2 backward directed canines 

 much larger than other teeth in the outermost series at each side of 

 lower jaw, of these the posterior is the longer; no teeth on vomer; 

 tongue bluntly rounded at tip ; body covered with large, ctenoid, ob- 

 scurely longitudinally striated scales, these about equal all over body, 

 about as large anteriorly as posteriorly, the scales on back anterior 

 to first dorsal are a little smaller, however; dorsal fins rather low, 

 separate from each other, and from caudal, the middle spines of 

 first dorsal not prolonged into filaments ; anal similar to soft dorsal ; 

 pectoral moderately long, entire, the middle tsljs the longer ; ventrals 

 completely united, free from belly; caudal somewhat pointed, the 

 middle raj^s longer than the outer. 



Ground color yellowish white all over, much mottled, streaked, 

 and clouded with olive brown; under a lens the dark markings ap- 

 pear as closely spaced groups of fine dots; a row of about five dark 

 clouds down median line of each side ; sides obscurely longitudinally 

 striped with dark, about 6 such stripes, the belly pale, somewhat 

 clouded, but without distinct markings; head rather dark, without 

 distinct markings, the interorbital space and the top of snout dark; 

 dorsal dark, obscurely longitudinally banded with lighter; anal 

 nearly black, not banded ; caudal with distinct light and dark cross 

 bars; ventrals nearly black in male, dusky in female, not banded. 

 The above description is from alcoholic specimens, but applies 

 equally well to the color in life; in life the fish is perhaps a little 

 darker in general appearance, but there is no color anywhere other 

 than gray and olive brown. 



Twelve specimens from 1 to 2 inches in length were taken in the 

 Honolulu market. They were picked out of a pile of small brack- 

 ish water gobies, and presumably came from one of the muddy 

 brackish lagoons near Honolulu. 



Tijpe.— Cat. No. 87419, U.S.N.M. ; paratypes are cat. no. 23612, in 

 Stanford University Collection ; paratypes are in Cornell University 

 and in the University of Minnesota. 



Genus GOBIOPTERUS Bleeker 



GOBIOPTERUS FARCIMEN Jordan and Evermann. 



A second specimen of this little rock goby is recorded by Fowler. 

 Genus CHLAMYDES Jenkins 



CHLAMYDES LATICEPS Jenkins. 



A second specimen of this little fish is recorded by Fowler from 

 Laie, Oahu. 



