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ridg-0 7 to 8); snout 4^; breadth of head 1^; height 2. Body moder- 
ately compressed. Head yery broad, CoUus-liko., flattish above; eyes 
small; interorbital broad; pectorals without silky rays. Snout 
decurved. Teeth in the outer row trifid, well separated from the inner 
row of smaller pointed teeth, hindmost tooth sometimes a little larger. 
Cleft of mouth broader than long, its breadth half length of head; 
maxillary reaching to posterior margin of eye. Head naked; nape 
with small scales. Scales on body moderate, ctenoid. 
Color olivaceous, a broad black band on each side beginning at the 
forehead and extending along below the dorsals to the caudal; a second 
band much narrower along middle of side from base of pectoral to 
Fig. 25. — Tridentiger bikasciatus. 
caudal; a blackish cross streak on bases of upper pectoral rays. Black 
streaks along near upper edge of lirst dorsal and front of second 
dorsal and along anterior rays of anal; caudal with luunerous streaks 
of blue-gray specks; scales with dark points. Length 110 mm. 
Steindachner's description, al)ove condensed, was taken from speci- 
mens from the Bay of Strielok, near Vladivostock. 
Pectoral somewhat pointed, extending poHteriorly as far as tip of depressed dorsal. 
Ventrals not adherent to belly; their length equal to distance from center of pupil 
to edge of opercle. A dark color hand, equal in width to vertical diameter of pupil, 
extending from upper edge of eye, along base of dorsal fins to the caudal, where it 
ends in a distinct, dark spot; a similar band running from tip of snout, through eye, 
upper edge of base of pectoral and along side of body to a little below middle of base 
of caudal; an indistinct dark spot on lower part of base of caudal; sides of head with 
small, light spots; first spine and first ray of dorsal fins with three distinct dark dots; 
the color extending posteriorly to the membrane; similar spots faintly outlined on 
the other spines and rays; the membranes with minute, dark dots; edges of fins a 
little dusky. Anal, with a dark band along the edge. Caudal, with indistinct cross- 
bars of bluish spots. Base of pectoral with a white l)and with a dusky spot before it. 
Type.—^o. 49403, U.S.N.M. 
Locality. — Bay of Tokyo, Japan. Collector, K. Kishinouye. Japanese name, 
Shimahaze (striped goby). 
Besides the type, one other specimen (cotype, No. 6270, Leland Stanford Junior 
University Museum) was collected. It is a little smaller and has somewhat brighter 
colors than the type, but differs from it in no other important way. 
{libra, jot; uvpd, tail) 
