796 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxviii. 



GOBIICHTHYS Klunzinger. 

 loi. GOBIICHTHYS PAPUENSIS ( Cuvier and Valenciennes ). 



Thi'oo specimens. 



RHINOGOBIUS Gill. 



( f'orof/iiliiiis F.LEEKEH; < '(iri//ili'i/iti rii-^ < Jim,. ) 



I02. RHINOGOBIUS CANINUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



One specimen. 



ZONOGOBIUS Bleeker. 



103. ZONOGOBIUS SEMIDOLIATUS ( Cuvier and Valenciennes) . 



One specimen, similar to others from Samoa. 



GNATHOLEPIS Bleeker. 

 104. GNATHOLEPIS DELTOIDES (Scale). 



Head, 8.45; depth, 4.50; eye, 3.75 in head; D. Vl-11; A. II, 10; 

 scales 24 in series from posterior margin of opercle; cheeks and oper- 

 cles scaled; tongue forked; snout, 8,5<> in head; interorbital less than 

 pupil. 



Body moderately elongate, compressed; profile of head rather 

 abruptly pointed, the upper jaw slightly the longer; depth of caudal 

 peduncle, 2.20 in head; mouth small, with two series of small sharp- 

 pointed teeth in each jaw; no posterior canines; angle of mouth is 

 below anterior third of eye, distance from tip of snout to origin of 

 dorsal is 2.75 in length of fish without caudal; longest rays of soft 

 dorsal, 1.25 in head; base of anal, 3 in length of fish without caudal; 

 pectorals, 8. loin head; yentrals united equal to length of head; caudal 

 distinctly pointed, equal in length to head. 



Color in spirits grayish with seven dusky blotches on sides, alter- 

 nating with dusky blotches oyer the back, a dark line down from eye 

 around throat, another indistinct line separate from this on lower part 

 of cheek and extending around chin, the two lines thus forming a 

 greek letter delta on the under part of head, dorsal plain dusky or with 

 indistinctdarker lines; caudal with dusky bars, anal with dusky blotches; 

 pectorals shaded with small dots. 



Two specimens from Negros, Philippine Islands. These seem to 

 agree fairly with our Samoan specimens. 



105. GNATHOLEPIS CALLIURUS, Jordan and Seale, new species. 



Head. 8 in length; depth, 4.75; eye, 4 in head; D. Vl-11; A. 10; 

 scales, 80; snout, 3.75; interorbital, 2 in pupil. 



Body moderately elongate, compressed, anterior profile rounded, 

 the lower jaw slightly the longer, the angle under the middle of the 



