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cheeks without scales but with nuuierous raised lines. i)r()ha])ly nuicous 

 canals extendino- over cheeks, opercles, and nuchal reg-ion; minute 

 teeth in jaws in several series, the outer row with the largest teeth; 

 angle of jaw is ]>elow the anterior margin of eye; opercles and pre- 

 op(M-cles entire; distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal, 2.50 in 

 length of tish Avithout caudal; longest dorsal spin<\ about 1.75 in head; 

 longest dorsal ray, about 2.10 in head; liase of anal, 1.75 in head, the 

 origin of the fin e([ually distant from base of caudal and posterior 



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Fk;. 15. — Diio^rBus palatkyi. 



margin of preo[)ercle; pectorals, 1.10 in head; no silky rays at upper 

 part of i)ect()rals; ventrjils united, l.oO in head; caudal, 1.80 in head. 



Color in syjirits brown, with indistinct whitish si)ecks scattered over 

 ])ody; a dusky blotch on anterior third of [)ectorals, and with a whitish 

 area on l)ase and in axil of hn; dorsal tins dusky, the spinous dorsal 

 with two or three darker blotches; anal, ventrals, aud caudal dusky. 



One specimen from Negros, Philippine Islands. Cat. No. 51954, 

 U.S.N. M. Length, 1.85 inches. Named for Dr. J.Palacky, of Prag, 

 author of Die Verbreitung der Fische, a work containing a list of the 

 iishes of the Philippines. 



GLOSSOGOBIUS Gill. 

 107. GLOSSOGOBIUS AGLESTES Jordan and Scale, new species. 



Head, ;^). 10 (not including lower jaw), depth, 5.25; ev<?,l:.50 m head; 

 interorbital about ecpial to pupil; snout. ;).50 in head; D. VI-11; A. {•; 

 the last spine of spinous dorsal some distance from the others; lower 

 jaw much })roduced, its length from ])osterior of angle 2 in head, its 

 angle is l)el()w posteilor margin of eye; scales, altout 28. 



l)ody elongate, cylindrical, largest at pectoral girdle; depth of caudal 

 peduncle, 8.75 in head: mouth large, the lower jaw projecting; maxil- 

 lary, 2.30 in head; two series of sharp, m()veal)le teeth in each jaw, uo 

 teeth on vomer or })alatines; tongue forked, its bony })osterior two- 

 thirds roughened; opercles and preopercles entire; gill-rakers scarcely 

 developed; the eyes are very close together on the dorsal ]>rohle; scales 

 on michal region are smaller than on other parts of the body; disttince 



