NO. 1244. GOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 
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This species is found with Cttn<xjoh'i ns pfiaum > ., and equalh' common, 
in the bays and inlets of southern Japan. We have specimens from 
Misaki. Wakanoura, Nagasaki. Tokyo Bay. Matsushima, Onomichi. and 
from Semida R. . near Tokyo, 
( Virgiitiilus^ finely streaked.) 
Mtyisurfinenta of Ctenogohlus vlrgatnlns. 
Length in niillimfters 
Depth expR'ssiHl in hundredth.? of length 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
Length ( if head 
Length < if snout 
Length of maxillary 
Width (if interorbital .space 
Diameter of orVjlt 
Distance from .snout to .spinous dor.sal 
Distance from snout to soft dorsal 
Height of longest dorsal spines 
Height of longest dor^iil rays 
Iiistance from snout to anal tin 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal peduncle 
Length fif ca tidal tin 
Length of pectoral tin 
Lengtli of ventral tin .' . 
Number of dorsal spine-^ 
Ntimlier of dorsal rays a c. 
Xuml.ier of anal raysd 
Nimiber of pectoral rays 
Xumber of scales in lateral series 
Number of scales in transverse series 
Misaki, Sagami. 
Nagasaki, Hizen. 
as 
55 
58 
n The last dorsal and anal rays are cleft to the base. 
17. CTENOGOBIUS PFLAUMI (Bleeker). 
Gobius pflaumi Bleeker, Verb. Bat. GeiL, XXV, Japan, p. 42, figs. 8, IS, Nagasaki. 
Acentrogobius pflaumi Jordan and Sxyder, Proc. U. S. Xat. ^Miis., 1900, p. o72, 
near Tokyo. Coll. Kishinouye. 
Head 4 in length; depth 4^; depth of caudal peduncle 11; eye ^\ in 
head; length of snout 3^; maxillary 2t; D. VI-11; A. 11; P. IT; scales 
in lateral series 26, in transverse series 9. 
Body elongate, the dor.sal and ventral contours sloping gradually 
from occiput to caudal peduncle; caudal peduncle narrowest near the 
middle, widening somewhat toward base of caudal. Head about as 
deep and broad as body. Snout rather blunt, the lower jaw slightly 
projecting. E^es ver}^ large, directed obliquelv upward, the upper 
edges of orbit projecting slightlv above contour of head; interorbital 
space narrow; concave. Mouth oblique. Maxillary entirely con- 
cealed, extending posteriorly to a vertical through anterior edge of 
orbit. Tongue broad at tip; truncate. Teeth of jaws in narrow 
Vjands; simple; the outer ones enlarged; a pair of .short, strong canines 
on each side of lower jaw, the posterior one being larger and curved 
backward. Gill openings not extending far forward; the isthmus 
broad. Gill-rakers 2 + 8; those of the upper arch much reduced; the 
lower ones slender. Inner edge of shoulder girdle Avithout papilla?. 
No barbels on chin. 
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