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Measurements of Boleophthabnus cMncitsh. 
Li'iiKtli expressed in iiiillimetcrs 
Deptli expresseil in huiidredtlis of IohkIIi 
Deptli of eaiulal [icduni'le 
Len^tlv ( )f lieiul 
Lenj^tli of snout 
Length of maxillary 
Width of intcrorbital spaee 
Oianieter of orbit 
Distance from snout to spinous dorsal 
Distance from snout lo soft dorsal 
Hcislit of lon,t,'est dorsal spines 
HeiKlit of lonffcst dorsal rays 
Distance from snout to anal tin 
Hei^'lil of lonf,'-est anal rays 
Lenijth of caudal peduncle 
Length of caudal tin 
Length of pectoral fin 
Length of ventral fin 
Number of dorsal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
Number of anal rays 
Baj' of 
Tokyo. 
Ml 
1-20 
IT 
15 
9 
lOi 
•24 i 
20 
( 
Gi 
1 
1 
4 
^ 
33 
34 
51 
52 
34 
36 
14 
14 
5(i 
57 
9 
s 
9 
8 
•23 
25 
15 
14 
16 
12 
5 
5 
•25 
25 
25 
25 
Uriako, 
near 
Nagasaki. 
146 
16i 
9i 
24 
6A 
11 
1 
4 
33 
51 i 
35i 
lOi 
56i 
% 
"a 
27 
16 
16 
5 
25 
25 
7- PERIOPHTHALMUS Schneider. 
I'crloplitlitihiuis SciiNEiDKR, Syst. Ii-hth., Bloch, 1801, p. 63 {pap'dii)). 
Euchari.stopus Gill, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, p. 271 {kaelrcuterl) . 
:' Periophthalniodon Blkekeh, Archiv. Neerl., IX, 187-1, p. 326 (schlosscri) ^ (Ven- 
tral fins more nearly united; dorsal spines in smaller number; scales large.) 
Body oblong-, .siibcylindrical, covered with vciy .small cycloid scales. 
Mead largo, the sides with minute scales; mouth rather small, hori- 
zontal, the chill included; teeth moderate, conical, vertical in both 
jaws; e3'es high, very close together, erectile, the outer eyelid well 
developed; tong-ue broad, rounded, little free at tip. Dorsal lins 2, 
the first long of 10 to 15 spines; second dorsal and anal short; pectoral 
tin with a seal}' muscular base; ventral tins broad each I, 5, more or 
less completely separated; caudal obliquely truncate below. Isthmus 
In-oad. Vertebras 11 + 15 = 26. No air bladder. 
Small tishes of the estuaries and mud Hats of the East Indian region, 
one species ranging northward to Japan. They are said to range about 
on land in muddy })laces, in pursuit of insects, etc., on which they feed. 
{TTspl, ai'ound; oi/)6(ifX/.<6g^ eye.) 
8. PERIOPHTHALMUS CANTONENSIS (Osbeck). 
A])orri/ples amtonerms Osbeck, Reise nach China, 1757, p. 171, Canton, pre- 
Linnsi^an; Voyage to China, English edition, 1771, p. 201, Canton. 
I'criophtJialvms modestus Cantok, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IX, 1842, p. 29, Chusan. — 
Richardson, Ich. China, 1846, pp. 208, 319 (after Cantor and Schlegel). 
Pi'riophtlKdiiiiiH modestus Schleoel, Fauna Jai)onica, 1847, i>. 147, pi. lxxvi, fig. 2, 
Nagasaki. 
Rerioplithalmus helreutcri, var. inodestus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., Ill, 1861, p. 98, 
Ningpo, Hongkong, Chusan. — Ishikawa, Cat. Fish., 1897, p. 38, Gyotaku, 
Shimosa, Kishiw, Hizen. 
(rubinx tiiiniuitu Richakoson, Ichth. China, 1846, p. 206 (after Os1)eck). 
Head 1 in length; depth d^\ depth of caudal peduncle 2^ in head; 
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