78 oomiD.ii:. 



otitor series enlarged. Caudal rhomboidal ; dorsal fins not elevated. 

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

 rays of the dorsal fins dotted with brown. 



Mouth of the Yang tze Kiang. Canton. Amoj'. 



a. Adult. Amoy. Purchased. 



b. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



149. Gobius lepidus. 



Gobius gracilis, Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 134. 

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



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

 Lepidogobius gi'acilis. 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, \nih. 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 blacldsh. 



San Francisco (California). 



150. Gobius hasta. 



? Ophidium chinense, Lacep. i. pi. 22. fig. 3. 



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



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



Gobius hasta, Sehleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 144. pi. 75. 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 orbii. 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 blackish dots. 



Japan. 



a. Adult. Japan. 



151. Gobius stigmatias. 



Chfeturichthys stigmatias, Richards. Voi/. Snlph. Fishes, p. 55. pi 35. 

 figs. 1-3. 



1). 8 I 23. A. 19. L. lat. 53. 



Several 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 spare e(pials 

 the diameter of the ej'e. The anterior dorsal is as high iis tlie body. 



