o(..i244. GOBIOID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 7^ 
prominent chin, notciied tongue, moderate or short soft dorsal and 
anal, naked head, and the very small scales. No silkv rays to the 
pectorals. 
The species are small and speckled in coloration. a)H)unding on the 
sand}" shores of Japan, especialh" to the northward. 
Named for Mrs. Chloe Lesley Starks, artist and naturalist. 
It. Head large, 2| in lensth, rather pointed and not 4-angled in section; depth 4| 
in length; scales 67-19; dorsal rays VII-11; l)odY and tins tinely mottled or 
dotted cdstant'a. 27 
<!((. Head shorter, 3i to 3f in length, somewhat 4-angled in section; depth about 6 
in length. 
h. Dorsal ray-s VII-U; scales 72-20 laris. 28 
fih. Dorsal rays VII-13. 
r. Scales 90-26 morormi<i. ' 29 
cc. Scales 70-20 .•itirrhijniiis. 'M 
27. CHLOEA CASTANEA ( O'Shaughnessy). 
(4uhio ra.s'^n*f'»'.s (J'SHAroHXESsv. Aim. Mag. Nat. Hist., XV, 1875, p. 145, Nagasaki. 
Head 2f in length: depth 4f ; depth of caudal peduncle 2| in head: 
diameter of eye 4: length of maxillary 2f; D. VII-11: A. 11: P. 18; 
scales in lateral series 67, in transyerse series IH. 
Body robust, almost cylindrical: caudal peduncle narrow, some- 
what compressed. Head rather pointed, deeper than wide. Eye of 
medium size, directed almost laterally, the upper edge projecting 
slightly aboye the dorsal outline of head: width of space between eyes 
equal to about half their diameter. Mouth oblique, lower jaw pro- 
jecting somewhat beyond the upper. Maxillary exposed at its poste- 
rior end only, reaching a \'ertical between anterior edge of orbit and 
pupil. Teeth yilliform, in narrow bands on both jaws, the outer ones 
of lower jaw slightly enlarged. Tongue notched anteriorly. Gill 
opening not extending far forw^ard: the isthmus wide. Gill -rakers on 
lirst arch 2 -|- 11: rather thick set. P-seudobranchi^e large. No pa})il- 
1;^ on shoulder girdle. 
Head naked except on occiput, where there are minute scales. Body 
coyered with small, tinely ctenoid scales, except on })reast, which is 
naked; scales on median line of belly easily displaced. 
Dorsal tins separate, the spines almost as high as the rays. Anal 
inserted below base of second or third dorsal rays: the rays equal in 
height to the dorsal spines, the depressed tin reaching a little farther 
posteriori}' than does the dorsal, V)oth falling considerably short of 
base of caudal. Catidal round; pectoral without tilaments on upi)er 
edge; round posteriorly. Ventrals rather short and broad. 
Color in spirits 3'ellowish, tinged with oliye: upper parts haying- 
narrow dusky bands with a reticulate arrangement. Dorsal tins with 
small dusky spots on spines and rays in diagonal rows. Caudal with 
faint dusky spots. Othei' tins with a little dusky. 
