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just past front of soft dorsal, as in the figure published with the 

 original description; in others it is filamentous and reaches past base 

 of last dorsal ray. The anal and soft dorsal are higher in the male 

 than in the female. 



This species has the head naked and the preopercle entire. It is 

 therefore not referable to AsterrojAerisc., but rather to Eviota Jenkins. 

 This species reaches a much larger size than any of the others placed 

 \>^ us in Kviotn. 



RHINOGOBIUS HADROPTERUS (Jordan and Snyder). 



Numerous specimens taken one-fourth mile above mouth of the 

 Mij^anoura. on Yakushima. This species belongs to the subgenus or 

 group called Porogohius. 



Fig. 6. — Rhinogobius hadkopteris. 



Family CHAMPSODONTID^. 



CHAMPSODON VORAX Gunther. 



One specimen from Miyanoura, Yakushima. 

 Family BLENNIID^. 



ENNEAPTERYGIUS ETHEOSTOMA (Jordan and Snyder). 



Several specimens taken at Tanegashima. All of the Pacific species 



referred to Triptet^yglon seem to be genericallj^ distinct from the type 



Fig. 7. — Knneapterygius etheostoma. 



