528 I'ROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxix. 



ACANTHOGOBIUS OMMATURUS (Richardson). 



Head, 3.50 in lent^th; depth, <). lO; eye, 5.10 in head; D. lX-20; A. 

 16; scales, about 77; head naked except nuchal region, upper half of 

 opercles and the cheeks which bear a few hniall scales near upper mar- 

 gin of preopercle; in lower jaw a single irregular row of rather large 

 sharp-pointed teeth, upper jaw with two or three rows, with some 

 larger curved teeth intermingled. 



Color in spirits, uniform yellowish white; dorsal with brownish 

 oblique stripes; caudal with a dusky shade. 



Two specimens from Shanghai. Length, -1—1.50 inches. 



GOBIICHTHYS MICROLEPIS (Bleeker). 



Head, 1 in length; depth, 0; interorbital width one-half pupil; D. 

 VI-13; A. 11; scales, about 55, larger on posterior part of body; head 

 naked; opercles and preopercles entire; a single row of sharp curved 

 .teeth in upper jaw, two rows of slightl}' smaller ones in lower jaw; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior third of eye; lower jaw the 

 longer; anterior dorsal ra}' longest; caudal elongate. 



Color in spirits, yellowish, a tint of dusky on tip of posterior rays 

 of spinous dorsal. 



Five specimens from Hongkong. Length, 1.50-5 inches. 



PARACHiETURICHTHYS POLYNEMUS (Bleeker). 



Head, 3.95 in length; depth, 5.20; D. Vl-11; A. 10; scales, 27; head 

 and cheeks scaled; teeth in several rows, with some enlarged outer 

 ones; caudal elongate, sharp; dorsal not elongate; numerous barbels 

 on lower margin of subopercles, isthmus and lower jaw. 



Color in spirits, yellowish brown; the tins all have a wash of dusky; 

 a large black, white-edged ocellus on upper raj's of caudal, not 

 extending on caudal peduncle or on base of tin; scales on top of head 

 rather large. 



Three specimens from Hongkong. Length, 2.20-3 inches. 



Family PLEURONECTID^F. 



ARNOGLOSSUS TENUIS Giinther. 



Head, 4 in length; depth, 2.75; D. 90; A. 70; small sharp teeth on 

 each' jaw; eyes close together on left side. 



Two small specimens of this most fragile of tiounders, from Hong- 

 kong. Length 2.50 inches. They agree well with Giinther's descrip- 

 tion. « 



« Shore Fishes, Challenger, p. 55. 



