78 GOBIID.E. 



outer series enlarged. Caudal rhoniboidal ; dorsal fins not elevated. 

 Brownish : a dark mark occupies the centre of the base of the caudal ; 

 ra^'s of the dorsal fins dotted with brown. 



Mouth of the Yang tze Kiang. Canton. Araoy. 



a. Adult. Amoy. Purchased. 



b. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



149. Gobius lepidus. 



Gobius gi'acilis, Girard in Proc. Acad. Mat. Sc. Pldlad. 1854, p. 134. 

 lepidus, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 127, 



(pi. 25 a. figs. 5, 6). 

 Lepidogobius gTacilis, Gill in Ami. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vii. 



1859, p. 14. 



D. 7 I 20. A. 17. 



The height of the body is contained seven times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head about five times. Cleft of the 

 mouth oblique, with the jaws equal anteriorly ; the maxillary reaches 

 to the vertical from the posterior margin of the pupil. The eye is 

 one-fourth of the length of the head ; interorbital space very narrow. 

 Teeth of the outer series somewhat enlarged. Caudal rounded ; 

 dorsal fins not elevated. Scales small ; sides and crown of the head 

 scaly. Reddish-brown ; throat and fins blackish. 



San Francisco (California). 



150. Gobius hasta. 



? Ophidium cliinense, Lac^p. i. pi. 22. fig. 3. 



? Regalecus lanceolatus, Lacep. ii. p. 219. 



? Gymnetrus cepedianus, Shaw, iv. p. 198. pi. 30. 



Gobius liasta, Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 144. pi. 76. fig. 1. 



D. 8-9 I 20. A. 17. 



The height of the body is one-half of the length of the head, and 

 one-twelfth of the total. Snout of moderate extent ; the width of 

 the interorbital space equals the vertical diameter of the orbit. The 

 teeth of the outer series enlarged. Scales of moderate size. Caudal 

 pointed ; dorsal fins not elevated. Greenish-brown ; caudal brown ; 

 the soft dorsal with four series of blacldsh dots. 



Japan. 



a. Adult. Japan. 



151. Gobius stigmatias. 



Chseturichthys stigmatias, Richards. Voy. Sidph. Fishes,]). i>5. pi. 35. 

 figs. 1-3. 



D. 8 I 23. A. 19. L. lat. 53. 



Sevei'al small barbels at the lower side of the mandibula. The 

 height of the body is one-ninth of the total length. Snout with 

 the lower jaw prominent ; the width of the interorbital space equals 

 the diameter of the eye. Tlie anterior dorsal is as high as the body, 



