74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi.xxiv. 
mens are from Tokyo, Tsuruii-u. Wakanoura, Kol)e, Onomichi, and 
Xao-a.saki. 
{FHuni, thread; /Ivvy, bear). 
13. GLOSSOGOBIUS Gill. 
a/(>.'<.s<,g,jhliis (iiLi., Ann. N. Y. Lye. N. H., VII, IS.^V), j>. 4f) (Plnlz rrpliah(s). 
From C/uenogobim, with which genus the alfinitie.s are most close, 
Glossoyohiu.H differs mainly in the large size of the scales, which num- 
ber about 31 in the lateral series. 
This genus is less closely allied to Ctenogohim^ from which it differs 
in the larger mouth, the strongly projecting chin, the deeply emar- 
ginate tongue, and in the narrow isthmus, the gill openings being 
extended considerably farther forward than in Ct<^nogoh!iis. Head 
naked; depressed anteriorly. Teeth moderate, in broad bands; the 
inner teeth depressible; pseudobranchiffi well developed; no flesh}' 
flaps on shoulder girdle; scales rather large, weakly ctenoid: dorsal 
fins both short, the first of six slender spines. 
Species few, one of them a large goby common in the streams of 
Japan. 
[yX(x}C)(j(x^ tongue; (rohJifs.) 
24. GLOSSOGOBIUS BRUNNEUS (Schlegel). 
(Tobius bruminis Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, p. 142, 1847, pi. lxxiv, fig. 2, Naga- 
saki. — GuxTHER, Cat. Fish., Ill, p. 65; after Schlegel.— Ishikawa, Cat. Fish., 
1897, p. 39, Tokyo, Boshu. 
(rohiiis olivaceits Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, p. 143, 1S47, pi. lxxiv, fig. 3, Naga- 
saki, on a drawing by Biirger. — Bleeker, Verb, en Meded. eft. Natuuik., 
1867, p. 24.5, Jedo. 
Head 3^ in length; depth -t^; depth of caudal peduncle 3 in head; 
eye 5t; snout 3; maxillary 2^; D. VI-K); A. 9; P. -20', scales in lateral 
series 30, in transverse series 10. 
Bod\' thickest; cylindrical; caudal peduncle deep; somewhat com- 
pressed; dorsal contour considerably arched; its highest point near 
insertion of spinous dorsal. Head very large; broader than body but 
less deep; sno'ut rather pointed; broadly rounded when viewed from 
above. Eye small; directed laterally; interorbital space flat; distance 
between eyes equal to their vertical diameter. Mouth oblique; maxil- 
lary concealed; extending to a vertical through middle of orbit; lips 
broad; lower jaw projecting beyond the upper. Teeth simple; in 2 
series; the outer ones somewhat enlarged; in a single row near edge 
of jaw, the inner ones depressible; in a narrow band. Tongue broad; 
deeply notched. Gill openings running far forward below; width of 
isthmus about equal to space between eyes. Inner edge of shoulder 
girdle without papilla?. Gill rakers on first arch 3 + 10; very short and 
flat; reduced to mere elevations near ends of arch. Anterior nostril 
with a tube. Chin without barbels. 
