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margin of orbit; jaws subcqual; lips thick; teeth on both jaws in 

 villiform bands, those on the outer series conical and somewhat larger; 

 tongue broad, anterior border rounded; nostrils separated, the anterior 

 in a short tube; eyes high, upper margin more or less projecting; 

 interorbital space concave. 



Dorsal fin separated, none of the spines elongated, when depressed 

 not reaching the base of second dorsal, soft rays a little longer than 

 the spines, rather high; pectorals large, not reaching the vent; ventrals 

 united, forming a concave disk which is not adnates to* the belly; anal 

 fin inserted below the third dorsal ray, when depressed extending 

 beyond the end of second dorsal, sixth and seventh rays the longest; 

 caudal fin quadrate, tip rounded. 



Head and nape entirely naked; scales in front of first dorsal as well 

 as those on the breast and belly minute and cycloid, rest of the 

 scales ctenoid. 



Color in alcohol pale olive-gray, sides with seven brownish broad 

 cross-bars; back mottled with dark; a black elongated spot on the 

 base of the caudal; lower surface whitish; first dorsal dusky, second 

 dorsal spotted with black; caudal fin dusky; other fins whitish. 



Length of body 84 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Bokusekikaku. collected by Yone- 

 taro Kikuchi. 



Habitat: Bokusekikaku; Heirinbi; Tozen River; Shinchiku; Daiko 

 River; Taito River. Lake Candidius (Regan). 



Remarks: The nearest relative of the present species is Rhinogobius 

 bedfordi (Regan)^- from Corea. It differs in having the second spine 

 of the first dorsal produced into a filament. 



Measurements of Rhinogobius candidius. 



Locality. 



Bokusekikaku . 

 Bokusekikaku . 



Heirinbi 



Tozen River. . 

 Shinchiku. . . . 

 Daiko River. . 

 Daiko River. . 

 Daito River. . 



1^1 



2.66 



2 



2.28 

 2.16 

 2.16 



4-75 

 4.66 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 4.66 



2.71JS I36-10 

 2.63 5.5038-10 

 2.42I4.66I37- 9 

 2.42, 4.5035-10 

 2.50! 4 35-10 

 2.60 4 136-10 

 2.60] 4.50J35-10 

 2.75 4-50135- 



90 

 70 

 72 

 61 



55 

 48 

 57 



^'^ Ctenogobius bedfordi Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 62; Chong-ju, 

 Corea. 



