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MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 



Ebisinus Jordan and Richardson, does not exist, and Ebisinus cheirophthalmus 

 (Bleeker) is generically identical with Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes), and D. gilberti Snyder. The statement made by the same authors as to 

 the absence of the lateral line in Cephalacanthus, Dactyloptena, and Daicocus is 

 incorrect, as the pores are invariably present, although obscured by great develop- 

 ment of the scale process which lies at right angles to the keel, and slightly oblique 

 to the surface of the body. It is very indistinct in Cephalacanthus, but by clearing 

 a piece of the skin in glycerin and observing it under the microscope the presence 

 of pores is easily demonstrated in all these forms. 



Family GOBIIDiE. 

 287. Eviota abax (Jordan & Snyder). 



Misaki, No. 6413a-j, numerous specimens. 



Fig. 56. Eviota ahax (Jordan & Snyder). (From Proc. U. S. N. M., Vol. XXIV, p. 40). 



As compared with the types, the males have the first spine of the dorsal much 

 elongated, reaching fourth or fifth ray of second dorsal; ventrals nearly black, with 

 a white margin; anal much darker; scale-markings much more decided. 



288. Odontobutis obscurus (Temminck and Schlegel). 



Lake Biwa, at Matsubara, No. 6243a-l; Okayama, No. 6429a-b. 



The reference of this species to the East Indian genus Mogurnda is premature. 



289. Periophthalmus cantonensis (Osbeck). 

 Nagoya, No. 6054a. 



290. Ctenogobius similis (Gill). 



(Mem. Carn. Mus., Vol. VI, Plate X, fig. 3). 

 Lake Biwa at Matsubara, No. 6079a-d. 



