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longest (2nd or 3rd) spine of dorsal 17.2 (16.9; 17.9) ; longest (third 

 from last) soft ray of dorsal 21.2 (21.7; 16.5) ; longest (third from 

 last) soft ray of anal fin 22.0 (19.6; 18.1) ; longest (middle) ray of 

 caudal fin 32.4 (30.0; 29.8) ; longest pectoral fin ray 26.6 (27.3; 28.0) ; 

 longest pelvic fin ray 23.0 (23.2; 23.9). 



Dorsal fin rays VI-I, 9 (VI-I, 9; VI-I, 9; VI-I, 9; VI-I, 9) ; anal 

 fin rays I, 8 (I, 8; I, 8; I, 8; 1, 8) ; pectoral fin rays 18-19 (19-19; 

 20-20; 18-19; 20-19; 19) ; pelvic rays always I, 5; number of upper 

 rays of pectoral fin that are branched and silky (elongate ends of 

 rays detached) 3-3 (3-3; 4—4; 3-3; 4-4) ; number of scale rows from 

 upper edge of gill opening to base of caudal fin 35 (34; 35; 33; 33; 

 34) ; number of scales in front of dorsal fin 18 (18; 16; 17; 16) ; num- 

 ber of scales in a transverse series from base of first soft ray of 



Figure 18. — Bathygobius fuscus szvainsensis, new subspecies: Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 

 1161 17), 64 mm. in standard length. 



dorsal to anal fin 10 (10; 9; 10; 10; 10). In one paratype I counted 

 1 + 9 gill rakers on the first gill arch. 



Color, brown blotches anteriorly on upper part of head and body, 

 arranged posteriorly and ventrally in lengthwise brown streaks, three 

 on the caudal peduncle ; undersides of head and body with fine black 

 pigment cells ; dorsals, caudal, and pectorals barred, pelvics and anal 

 plain, except margin and anal whitish, then blackish submarginally, 

 anterior nostril tubular, posterior nostril with a slightly raised rim ; 

 basal membrane with a notch just before joining the first soft pelvic 

 ray; gill membranes broadlj^ attached to the isthmus, the first branchi- 

 ostegal ray with a back extension that forms a notch between it and 

 the attachment of the gill membrane to the isthmus; caudal fin 

 rounded ; third from last soft rays of dorsal and anal fins longest ; jaws 

 of equal lengtJi, the maxillary extending to under front of pupil; 

 cheeks and opercles naked ; breast scaly ; nape scaly but the scales do not 

 quite reach the eyes and appear embedded anteriorly ; tongue bilobed ; 

 and outer series of canine teeth on both jaws anteriorly, with an inner 

 band of villiform teeth, with the inner row of this band a little en- 

 larged; pelvic fins joined together along their entire length but free 



