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limb for climbing and hopping is reflected in the large size of the pterygials. The post- 

 temporal, however, is not remarkably large and has but a small contact with the stout oc- 

 ciput. 



As to the relationships of the gobies, Dareste (quoted by Emery) and Emery (1880, p. 

 21) stressed the resemblance of the goby skull to those of the Ophidiidae among the blen- 

 nioid group. Emery also noted that the general disposition of the bones in the gobies, 



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Mistichthys luzonensis 



Fig. 230. Mistichthys. A. Side view. B. Top view. Loaned by Miss Lois Te Winkel. 



