NO. 1391. KOREAN FTSITES— JORDAN AND STARKS. 209 



included; niaxillary reaching- sliolitly past front of eye. Interorbital 

 slightly concave, a ridge on each side o.f it which converges with its 

 fellow posteriorly, turns at a sharp angle and is contiiuied downward 

 a short distance behind eye. Teeth irregularly placed in one or two 

 series on the side, in three or four on front of jaws; the outer series 

 enlarged. Tongue truncate at tip. (Tillrakers short, 4+9 on first 

 arch. 



No scales remain on ])ody of our specimen. Nape and occipital 

 region closely covered with small cycloid scales. Pectoral l)ase and 

 region in front of ventrals with similar, ])ut thinner and less conspicu- 

 ous scales. A small region near middle of cheek, another at upper 

 part just behind eye and the upper half of opercle with circular scat- 

 tered scales," nowhere in contact with each other; the naked areas on 

 cheek are of much greater extent than the scaled areas. 



First dorsal spine placed li times the length of the eye behind tip 

 of opercular flap; the last spine connected by meml)rane to back, its 

 base above tip of pectoral; base of spinous dorsal half length of head. 

 Distance from base of last spine to first dorsal ray is slightly less than 

 length of snout. Front of second dorsal nearer the snout than base 

 of caudal by the length of snout; length of dorsal rays near mid- 

 dle of fin, 2^ in head and only a little longer than the posterior rays. 

 Origin of anal under fourth or fifth dorsal raj", under next to last dorsal 

 ray. Length of ventral equals combined length of snout and eye. 

 Caudal somewhat ]>roken, but at least as long as head. 



Color uniform brown on back, white below, spinous dorsal, ventral 

 pectoral, and anal colorless; caudal dusky; each ray of soft dorsal is 

 crossed by 5 or spots, as shown in Schlegel's plate. 



Length of specimen, 25 cm. It was collected at C^hemulpo, Korea, 

 by fFouy. 



62. ACANTHOGOBIUS STIGMOTHINUS (Richardson). 



Form and general appearance of A. haMa^ but resembling .~l. JJavt- 

 manus in number of fin rays and the markings on dorsals and caudal. 

 The anal is edged with black and the ventrals are black edged with 

 white. It may be at once known from A. flcwlmmniK by the smaller 

 mouth and more slender head and body; the spinules and the scales 

 are finer and more regular, the scales much smaller. 



A single specimen from Fusan. 



« Jordan and Snyder in (jrobioid Fishes of Japan (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XXIV, 

 p. 102), suppose that this species has a naked head from Sc-hlegel's picture. Schlegel 

 says nothing on this point in his description, and they had no sjjei'imens. (bill's 

 genus Sijnechogobms can not be retained, as hasta (the type) does not differ materially 

 from Acanthogohius eyice\)t\\\ having 5 or 6 more dorsal rays. A. xligutofhinnfi, though 

 having the number of dorsal and anal rays of A.Jlavunaimx, is similar to A. hasta in 

 form and general appearance. 



