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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
vol,. XXIV. 
Measurement of Suruga funclicola. 
Length in millimeters 
Depth expressed in hundredths of length. 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
Length of hvnci 
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 sj lines 
Height of longest dorsal rays 
Distance from snout to anal tin 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal peduncle 
Length of caudal fin 
Lengtli of pectoral tin 
Length of ventral (in 
Numlier of dorsal spines 
Number of dor.sal rays 
Numl)er of anal rays 
Number of scales in lateral series a 
Number of scales in transverse series a 
Locality, Suruga Bay. 
fi Careful estimates only, as the .scales had all been displaced, and even the scale pouclics had in 
some specimens been rubbed oflf. 
19. ACANTHOGOBIUS Gill. 
Acanthogobhts Gill, Prof. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1859, }). 145 {flamnamis). 
Body oblong, little compressed, covered with medium-sized i-ough- 
ish scales; cheeks with small scales; snout rather long, the head 
rounded in profile; mouth moderate, oblique, the jaws about equal, 
the teeth moderate; tongue truncate or very slightly notched; isthmus 
rather broad, the gill openings slightly continued forward l)elow; no 
flaps on shoulder girdle. Dorsal fins rather long, the first of 7 to 9 
slender spines, the second of 14 or 15 soft rays; anal of 12 to 13. 
Species of large size inha))iting the rivers and shores of Japan. The 
genus is near Ahonia^ differing in the scaly cheeks and longer second 
dorsal. 
{^(XKavOa, spine; Gohtus.) 
39. ACANTHOGOBIUS FLAVIMANUS ( Schlegel). 
Gohias flavlmaimi< Schleuel, Fauna Japonica, 1847, p. 141, pi. lxxiv, [\\i. 1, 
Nagasaki. — Bleeker, Ver. Bat. Genootsch., Japan, p. 42. — GtrNTiiEu, Cat. 
Fish., Ill, 1861, p. 77, after Schlegel.— Ishikawa, Cat. Fish., 1898, p. 88, 
Rikuzen, Yeehizo, Hokkai<lo, Tokyo. 
AcmUho</ohiiif<fl((rliit((iiU!^GnAj, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, p. 145, Shimoda. 
Head 3| in length; depth of; depth of caudal peduncle 3i in head; 
eye 6; snout 2|; maxillary 2^-; D. VIlI-1-1; A. 12; P. 19; scales in 
lateral series 48, in transverse series 17. 
Body elongate, somewhat cylindrical anteriorly; the caudal peduncle 
compressed. Head large; snout rather blunt. Ej'^es small, high up, 
directed ol)liquely; interor])ital space concave; distance between eyes 
less than their diameter. Mouth very large, ol)li(}ue; jaws equal; lips 
broad; maxillary concealed, extending to a vertical through anterior 
