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pi'ctorals yellowish witli)ut distinct Ijlack mark at base; vontrals grayisli witli dusky tip; anal yellow, with 

 black tip; sonic indistinct brown blotches on cheek and opcrcle; a dusky blotch from eye to mouth. 



Three specimens from the island of Panay, length 1.50 to 3.90 inches. The type is no. 53069, U. S. 

 National Museum. Cotype, no. 924.S, Mu.seum Stanford University. 



218. Rhinogobius ocynrus .lordiin i.t Scale, new species. 



Head 3.(j(> in length without cauilal; depth 4.05; eye 3.20 in head; <lorsal vi-i, 10; annl i, 9; second 

 dorsal spint elongate, filiform; scales about 28; snout 4 in head; interorbital somewhat less than pupil; top 

 of head scaled, otherwise cheek and Iiead naked. Body moderately elongate, slightly compressed; depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2 in head; mouth moderate in size, the angle under middle of eye; lower jaw slightly the 

 longer; small sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, the outer row larger: tongue rounded; origin of ventrals directly 



FlG. li.— Rhivn(johiu-s ocyaru.^ Jor(l:ni ,^- Scale, new species. Type. 



opposite origin of spinous dorsal; base of soft dorsal about etpial to head; base of anal slightly less than head, 

 its origin nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, its longest ray 1.10 in head; pectorals 1.60 in length of body 

 without caudal; ventrals extending to anal, their length equal to head; caudal long, sharp-pointed, 2.20 in 

 length of fish without caudal. 



Color in spirits yellowish white with 8 rather Ijroad lirownish bands over back and sides, extending to 

 ventral surface; a dark spot at base of caudal, another just above the upper posterior margin of opercle; dorsal 

 fins slightly shaded with dusky; pectoral yellowish; caudal with slight tint of dusky; ventrals and anal du.sky. 



One specimen from Cavite, length 1.75 inches, type no. .53070, U. .S. National Museum. 



GOBITJS Linn^us. 

 219. Gobius panayensis .lonl.in it Scale, now species. 



Fig. 15. — Gobius panayensis Jordan cV Scale, new spci 



Type. 



Head 3.40 in length without caudal; depth 4.25; the width of head greater than its depth; dorsal vi-11; 

 anal 9, scales 41; head naked; some detached silky rays at upper part of pectorals; snout 3.60 in head; 

 interoibilal about equal to pupil; tongue not at all emarginate, free at tip, bluntly rounded, entire. 



15ody moderately elongate, compressed; snout liluntly pointed, the jaws equal; mouth moderate, the 

 angle under middle of eye; wide bands of minute teeth in each jaw; no canines; origin of first dorsal slight!}" 



