NO. 1244. GOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 
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II. CTENOGOBIUS ABEI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 'd'^ in leno-th; depth 5^^; depth of euudal peduncle )i in head; 
eye 31; snout 4; maxillary 2|; 1). VI-9; A. 9; P. 10; .seales in lateral 
series 30, in transverse series 13. 
Body short, thick, cylindrical anteriorh; caudal peduncle com- 
pressed. Head larg-e; snout bluntly rounded. Eyes of moderate 
size directed laterally; interorbital space somewhat convex; distance 
between eyes equal to 1^ times their diameter. Mouth ol)lique; jaws 
e((ual; maxillary concealed, extending to a vertical through posterior 
part of pupil. Teeth in narrow l)ands on both jaws; the outer ones 
eidarged. Tongue concave anteriorly. Gill openings restricted to 
the sides; isthmus l)road; its width contained about 3 times in head. 
No papilla* on inner edge of shoulder girdle. Gill-rakers very short 
and blunt. Anterior nostril with a tube. No barbels on head. 
Fig. .5. — Ctekogobius abei. 
Occiput and upper pai'tof opercles with scales, head otherwise naked: 
l)ody covered everywhere with finely ctenoid scales, small anteriorly, 
growing gradually larger posteriorly. 
Dorsals seymrate; the spines with long, projecting filaments; when 
depi-essed the}" reach beyond insertion of soft dorsal; raj's a little 
longer posteriorly; when depressed not reaching base of caudal. Anal 
inserttxl l)elow base of second dorsal ray; when depressed, reaching 
as far posteriorly as does the dorsal. Caudal rounded. Pectorals 
pointed; the upper rays without free filaments. Ventrals free poste- 
riorly from belly. 
Color in spirits, light olive, mottled and Ixmded with l)rownish l)lack. 
Anterior half of body with 5 broad, vertical dark bands; posterior 
half with '1 longitudinal dark ])ands extending on base of caudal fin; 
the uppci' l)and connected with its fellow on the opposite side of l)ody 
by indistinct dark bands which nearly coalesce into a dark mass of 
color. Head with dark reticulations. Spinous dorsal with a black 
