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spinous and soft dorsal; base of soft dorsal, 2 in head, its longest ray 

 2.90 in head; origin of anal about one ra}" posterior to origin of soft 

 dorsal, its base, 2.50 in head; pectorals, 1.20 in head; ventrals 1.75, in 

 head; caudal rounded, 1.20 in head. 



Color in spirits, brown, a wide ])lack stripe, made up of small black 

 dots, extending from opercle to caudal; a distinct narrow black line 

 through eve from snout to origin of dark stripe on bod}'; another 

 short black line from posterior margin of orbit to posterior margin 

 of preopercle; some small scattered black dots below the anterior half 

 of the dark body stripe; the centers of the scales a little lighter in color, 

 this giving an indistinct striped appearance to the body; some white 





Fig. G.— Eleotris balia. 



spots on under side of head; dorsal fins each with four longitudinal 

 brown lines, darkest on the soft rays, the one at base of spinous dorsal 

 indistinct; pectorals with several narrow irregular brown lines; ven- 

 trals with four or live brown bands; anal banded with brown; caudal 

 with irregular lines or blotches of brown. 



One specimen from China, probablv from Hongkong; Cat. No. 

 62082, U.S.N.M. 



PERIOPHTHALMUS CANTONENSIS ( Osbeck) . 



Head, 4 in length; depth, 5.50; D. XIV, 12; A. 12; scales, about 75. 



Color in spirits, gravish with a wash of lirown on upper part; small 

 dark specks scattered over body; dorsal graj'ish dusky at top; the soft 

 dorsal with dark specks at base and a dark submarginal band. 



Eighteen specimens from Shanghai. Length, 0.75-2.50 inches. 



RHINOGOBIUS PLATYCEPHALUS (Peters). 



Head, 8.2(» in length; depth, 5.25; eye, <).50 in head; D. VI-9; A. 6; 

 scales, about 29; teeth in villiform bands in jaws. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white; a small black opercular spot. 

 Six specimens. Length, 1-3 inches. From Shanghai. 



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