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Described from a specimen taken at Tsuruoa, Echizen. Other spec- 
imens are from Nagasaki, ]Misaki. Matsushima, Aomori, Tsuruga, 
Niig'ata. The species is connnon in sandy ))ays, 
( C'antantnts, chestnut). 
Meusuronents of Chloea castanea. 
Length in millimeters 
Depth expressed in huiidredth.s 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 spinou.s 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 flu 
Length of pectoral fin 
Length of ventral fin 
Ntimber of dorsal spines 
Number of dorsal rays 
Number of anal rays 
Number of pectoral rays 
Number of scales in lateral series 
Number of scales in tran.sverse series. 
Tsuruga, Echizen. 
Nagasaki, Hizen. 
10 
■Si 
6 
38 
•57 
12 
14 
til 
II5 
24 
19 
18 
19 
11 
11 
18 
03 
18 
28. CHLOEA I.JEVIS Steindachner. 
Gobius Uevis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr. VIII, 187V), p. 20, Hakodate. 
Head 3i; depth ti; D. VIl-1, 11: A. I, 11: P. 21. Eye in head; 
snout 3f : scales 70 to T5-2<). 
Body compressed. Head four-angied in section, fiat above; a streak 
of scales on middle of nape; sides of head naked. Mouth large, rising 
vertically; end of maxillary a little behind middle of eye. Teeth 
nunierous, small: no canines; tongue emarginate. Scales cj^cloid; 
small. First dorsal weakly convex, the fifth spine longest; second 
dorsal scarcely higher; pectoral long, about as long as caudal without 
silky rays. Clear ))rown, with many dark specks. A dusky spot at 
base of caudal; fins all translucent, with thick-sown points, especially 
the ventrals which are dusky in the males. Second dorsal and caudal 
with regular cross-bands; tip of first dorsal dusky. Length SO mm. 
(Steindachner.) 
Hakodate, not seen by us. 
{Lcevis, smooth.) 
29. CHLOEA MORORANA Jordan and Snyder, new species. 
Head Si in length; depth 6^; depth of caudal peduncle 8^ in head; 
eye oii; snout 3i; maxillary If; D. VH-IS; A. 12; P. 20; scales in 
lateral series 90, in transverse series 26. 
