372 E. S. CLAEK. 



advance of the right, which is contained about twice in the snout length 

 (reckoned from tip of snout to margin of right eye). 

 Fin formula D ca. 96. 

 A ca. 76. 

 Vertebree 9+37 (38)=46 (47). 



The upper lip on the right side is curved as in the adult. Teeth are 

 not developed on the right side, though present in the lower jaw on the 

 future blind side. Both eyes are on the right side, and the dorsal fin has 

 grown forward on to the middle of the snout so that the concavity has 

 been overgrown. The abdominal region is entirely enclosed. The 

 ventrals are equally developed, and reach almost to the first anal ray. 

 There is still no trace of the large fringed nostril on the blind side. The 

 air bladder is rather large. 



The pigmentation agrees closely with the preceding stages. Both 

 sides are equally pigmented, so that the permanent bottom stage has not 

 quite been reached. The small dark chromatophores which are present 

 on the abdominal margin of the previous stages have now collected into 

 a dense aggregate over the anus. Stellate chromatophores are univer- 

 sally distributed, and extremely delicate, having a rusty - brown 

 appearance. The three dorsal and two anal bars are still quite distinct, 

 while the smaller bar across the base of the caudal has practically 

 disappeared. 



This stage is much farther advanced than Cunningham's 11 mm. post- 

 larva. There are six more dorsal rays ; the abdomen is enclosed and 

 ventrals are developed. The rough saw-like margins of the dorsal and 

 anal fins are quite typical, and the rays in my specimen reach the tip of 

 each tooth. 



GOBIIDiE. 

 Gobius minutus Pall. G. microfs Kr. G. scorpioides Coll. Crystallogohius 

 nilssoni Diib. and Kor. Aphya pellucida Nardo. 



Table 25 gives a record of the gobies, without any definite specific 

 arrangement. These are chiefly G. yninutus, though G. microj^s, which 

 appears to be quite a distinct form, is also well represented. 



G. scorpioides Collett. 

 One specimen, 11 mm. in length, was taken in a midwater haul (192 A) 

 on 24th October, 1913, 6 miles west of Rame Head, over a depth of 26 

 fathoms. Previous records of this small goby have been remarkably 

 few, and, as Holt and Byrne have remarked, there is little chance of its 

 being taken unless by special methods. Two adult specimens were 



