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15. CTENOGOBIUS CAMPBELLI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head 4 in length; depth 5^; depth of eaudal peduncle '1^ in head; 
eye 3f ; .snout 3i; maxillary 2f; D. VI-11; A. 10; P. 18; scales in 
lateral series 26, in traverse series 1». 
Body thickset; cylindrical anteriorly; the caudal peduncle deep. 
Snout short; blunt. Eye very large; the upper margin projecting 
slightly above dorsal contour of head; directed obliquely upward. 
Interorbital space narrow; concave. Mouth somewhat oblique. Max- 
illary entirely concealed; extending to a vertical through pupil. Lips 
narrow. Teeth simple; in narrow l)ands on both jaws; outer ones 
somewhat enlarged; no canines. Tongue narrow; trvmcate anteriorly. 
Gill openings not extending far forward; isthnuis lu'oad; its width 
equal to distance ])etween tip of snout and middle of pui)il. Inner 
edge of shoulder girdle with a sharp ridge but no papilla". Gill-rakers 
long and rather slender. Anterior nostril with a conspicuous tube. 
No barbels on lower jaw. 
Fig. 8.— CTENOGOBIUS campbelli. 
Head naked, except on occiput. Body with large ctenoid scales; 
those on nape and occiput cycloid; smaller than those of body; those 
on l)reast anterior to ventrals and on region before pectorals cycloid. 
Dorsals separate; spines when depressed not reaching insertion of 
soft dorsal. Anal inserted below base of second or third dorsal ray; 
reaching as far posteriorly when depressed as the dorsal; neither touch- 
ing base of caudal. Caudal rounded. Pectoral pointed; its upper 
edge without free lilaments. Ventrals free posteriorly, their tijDs 
reaching anal opening. 
Bod}^ with small, round, dark spots; 5 or 6 very indefinite, narrow, 
dark, longitudinal bands. Head with small dark spots; those on 
nape arranged in longitudinal rows; a sharply defined, narrow, dark 
band running backward from eye; opercle with 2 small brown rings. 
Dorsal spines and ra3"s with small, ol)long, dark spots; caudal with 
small, dark spots on upper two-thirds; not evident on the lower part. 
Anal narrowly edged with white; sidlused with dusky below the white, 
