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depressed scarcely reaching the origin of soft dorsal; soft dorsal rather 

 long, armed with a short, slender undivided ray, posterior ray the 

 longest, when depressed reaching root of caudal; pectorals quadrate, 

 reaching a vertical through the vent; ventrals united, forming a shallow 

 concave disc, not adnate to the belly; anal fin inserted below the third 

 dorsal ray, posterior ray the longest, when depressed reaching the end 

 of soft dorsal; caudal fin obtusely rounded. 



Body covered with large ctenoid scales, those on the belly and occi- 

 put small and cycloid; cheek naked; occiput covered with minute 

 scales. 



Color in alcohol pale yellowish brown, sides with large irregular 

 brown spots disposed in two longitudinal series; a dark round spot 

 above the base of pectorals; head with no markings; spinous dorsal 

 and pectorals dusky; membrane of the soft dorsal with longitudinal 

 series of dark spots; outer margin of the anal black; caudal fin uni- 

 formly dusky. 



Length of body loo mm. 



Described from a specimen from Takao, collected by Hans Sauter 

 (Stanford Collections, No. 20995). 



Habitat: Takao. 



Genus Glossogobius Gill. 



Body rather elongate, tail slightly compressed; head broad and 

 depressed anteriorly, naked; interorbital space flat. Mouth very 

 large, terminal and oblique; teeth moderate, in broad bands, the inner 

 teeth depressible; tongue emarginate at tip. Sides of head naked; 

 no barbels; eyes well separated; isthmus very narrow; the gill-openings 

 ending forward below; pseudobranchiae well-developed; no fleshy flaps 

 on shoulder-girdle. Dorsal fins both short, the first composed of six 

 slender spines; pectorals without silk-like rays above; ventrals united, 

 not adnate to the belly; anal with nine soft rays; caudal free from the 

 dorsal and anal. Body covered with rather large scales, which number 

 about forty in the lateral series. 



Distribution: Formosa; Philippine Islands; China; Japan; Malay 

 Archipelago; Cejlon. 



vSynopsis of the Formosan Species. 



a. Dorsal fin \'I, 10; anal composed of 9 rays; scales 31-32 in a lateral series, 



9-10 in an oblique series between origins of the soft dorsal and anal . brunneus. 



aa. Dorsal fin VI, 11; anal composed of 11 rays; scales 54 in a lateral series, 13-14 



in an oblique series between origins of the soft dorsal and anal . gramme pontus. 



