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spot on its posterior part; soft dorsal, anal, pectorals and ventrals 
dusk}^; caudal dusky, with dark lines running- in the direction of the 
rays. 
Ti/jM. — No. 6447, Leland Stanford Junior University Museum, col- 
lected at Wakanoura, Kii. 
Another specimen has 41 scales in the lateral series and 15 in the 
transverse series. 
The species is easily distinguished from /I. ofal-li by its much smaller 
scales and peculiar dark color marking's. 
(Named fo" Mr. Kakichi Abe, of Tokyo, a former student of Stan- 
ford University, who accompanied us in our travels throughout south- 
ern Japan, to the great advantage of our work.) 
Mcasurerneiiis of Ctenogohius ahei. 
Length in millimeters 
Depth expressed in hundredths of length 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
Length of head. 
Length of snout 
Width of interorbital space 
Diameter of orbit 
Distance from snout to spinous dorsal 
Distance from snout to soft dorsal 
Height of longest dorsal spines 
Height of longest dorsal rays 
Distance from snout to anal fin 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal peduncle 
Length of caudal fin 
Length of pectoral fin 
Length of ventral fin 
Number of dorsal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
Nunil)er of anal rays". 
Number of scales in lateral series 
Number of scales in transverse series 
36 
35 
20 
19 
14 
13 
27 
29 
C, 
t 
11 
ti 
1 
38 
38 
68 
60 
24 
31 
13 
19 
CO 
57 
13 
16 
24 
24 
23 
25 
22 
22 
IG 
16 
6 
6 
9 
9 
9 
9 
41 
36 
15 
13 
12. CTENOGOBIUS SIMILIS (Gill). 
Rhinogobius shnUifi Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1859, p. 145, near Shimoda. 
Coll. J. Morrow, Comm. Perry Exp. 
Gobius similis Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1900, p. 372, Ishikawa 
Province, Japan; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIIl, 1901, p. 759, Yokohama, 
Tsushima, Coll. P. L. Jouy. 
Gohius yokohamtv Gunther, Ann. Rlag. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 437, Yokohama. 
Head 3i in leng'th; depth 5; depth of caudal peduncle 2^^ in head; 
eye .5^; snout 2i; maxillary 2; D. VI-9; A. 9; P. 19; scales in longi- 
tudinal series 31, in transverse series 11. 
Head and body of nearly the same depth throughout, the caudal 
peduncle slightly constricted. Head very ])road; its width contained 
If in its length; the muscles of the cheeks greatl}^ developed, and 
bulged out far 1)eyond the contour of the bod3^ Eyes small, directed 
obliquely upward, projecting above the dorsal outline of head, making 
the interorbital space convex. Snout long, rather blunt. Jaws about 
equal, the upper slightly projecting. Maxillary entireh^ concealed by 
the flesh}' lip and overhanging preorbital, extending to a vertical 
