Collection of Chinese Fishes. 241 



7. Platycephalus japonicus, Tiles. 



8. Trigla kumu. Less. 



9. Lepidotrigla microptera, sp. n. 

 D. 9 | 17. A. 17. L. lat. 75. 



Scales regular, finely serrated. Lateral line without spines. 

 Snout rather short, with the upper profile nearly straight. 

 Prseorbital terminating anteriorly in three or two conical spines. 

 Dorsal spines rather strong, the first four fifths the length of 

 the second, which is as high as the body. The pectoral reaches 

 to the fourth anal ray. A large blackish spot between the 

 fourth and seventh dorsal spines. The whole of the inner side 

 of the pectoral black, with the exception of the four lower 

 rays. 



One specimen, 10^ inches long. 



10. Gobius hasta, Schleg. 

 11. Gobius stigmatias. Rich. 



Lophiogobius (g. n. Gobiin.). 



Body rather elongate, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 gill-openings rather wide. Head large, depressed ; cleft of 

 the mouth wide ; jaws with a series of rather large subhori- 

 zontal teeth distant from each other, and not covered by the 

 lips. A series of very small teeth within the outer series. 

 Palate smooth. The spinous is separate from the soft dorsal, 

 and composed of seven spines, of which the first is stiff and 

 pungent. Ventral fins united, not adherent to the belly. 

 Pseudobranchia?. 



12. Lophiogobius ocellicauda, sp. n. 

 D. 7 | 17. -A. 17. L. lat. ca 38. 



Head much broader than the body, its width being nearly as 

 much as the length of the postorbital part ; eyes small, directed 

 upwards, distant from each other, situated in the anterior part 

 of the length of the head ; lower jaw prominent, maxillary 

 extending behind the eye. The length of the head is nearly 

 one third of the total (without caudal). Tail very low ; caudal 

 pointed, elongate. Vent somewhat nearer to the root of the 

 tail than to the end of the snout. Pectoral very large, ex- 

 tending to the vent in females and beyond it in males. Scales 

 thin, rather deciduous, finely crenulated. Light greenish, 

 each scale with darker margin ; a black white-edged ocellus 

 on the base of the caudal rays ; lower parts white. 



Several specimens, fully mature, from 4 to 4£ inches long. 



