N0.1J44. GOBKJID FISHE>i OF J A PAX— JORDAN AND ,SNYDER. 
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Head naked except on occiput. Body with larue, linely ctenoid 
.scales; those on nape and ))rea.st minute. 
Dorsal tins separate; anterior spines highest; the second with a 
short, lilamentous tip; the fin when depressed just reaching insertion 
of soft dorsal; dorsal rays a little shorter than the spines. Caudal 
rounded. Anal inserted l)elow base of second or third dorsal ravs; 
its posterior ra3's long-est; reaching almost as far backward as do those 
of dorsal; both falling shoit of base of caudal. Pectoral rounded; the 
upper edge without free filaments. Ventrals free posteriori v. the 
disk very broad. 
Upper parts dark; sides with 4 or 5 large dark spots. Dorsal fins 
with small dusky spots in more or less definite longitudinal rows, the 
spots on anterior part of spinous dorsal large and black. Pectorals 
and caudal with small dark spots arranged in yertical rows. Ventrals 
and anal edged with white. 
Described from an individual from Wakanoura. Specimens from 
Onomichi are a little lighter in color. On the nape and along the 
back are scattered small spots of a deep brownish Idack. This large 
goby is common in the streams and estuaries of southern Japan. Our 
numerous specimens are from Hakodate, Onomichi. Kurume, Nagasaki, 
and Wakanoura. This species is closely related to the Chinese goby 
OJossogohlus (jlurli^. 
{BrumiimK^ brown.) 
Mf'iitfuri'iiieiitx of GluxKogohiuK Itniiimas. 
Length expressed in millimeters 
Depth expressed in hundredths of length 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
Length of head 
Length of snout 
Length of maxillary 
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 tin 
Number of d( irsal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
Number of anal rays" 
Number of scales In lateral series 
Number of scales in transverse series 
Naga 
saki, Hizen. 
141 
119 
106 
20 
22 
20 
12 
11* 
10* 
29 
30 
30 
10 
10 
9* 
13* 
13 
13 
■u 
3* 
3 
5 
5* 
5* 
36 
39 
37* 
5Bi 
58 
58 
15i 
14 
15 
18* 
12* 
15 
59* 
62* 
61 
17 
12 
15 
24 
23* 
25 
26 
22* 
2-1* 
24 
23 
23 
20 
19 
20 
6 
6 
6 
10 
10 
10 
9 
9 
9 
32 
31 
31 
10 
10 
11 
Wa 
ka- 
nouri 
i, Kii. 
112 
S2 
21 
18 
11 
11 
32 
29* 
10* 
9 
14 
13 
3* 
3 
6 
5* 
35 
36 
58* 
57* 
19 
16 
15 
13 
61* 
61 
15* 
13* 
23* 
22 
26 
26 
25 
24 
20 
20 
6 
6 
10 
10 
9 
9 
30 
30 
10 
12 
14. CHyENOGOBIUS Gill. 
Chxntxjoljiu^ (iiLL, Ann. Lye. }sat. His^t. X. Y., 1859, p. IL' {mninlarlK). 
Gymnogohius Gill, Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1863, \>. 269 {iiidrrogiiiilhus, bashed 
on i^pecimens wrongly described as scaleless) . 
Body rather elongate; the head ]>road and depressed anteriorly; 
mouth large, oblique, the lower jaw pi'ojecting; teeth moderate, in 
