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Family 42.— GOBIESOCID^. (9 Genera, 21 Species.) 



"Carnivorous marine fishes, elongate, anteriorly depressed 

 and scaleless, with dorsal fin on the tail." 



DiSTElBUTiON. — Temperate and tropical seas ; Scandinavia to 

 the Cape, California to Chili, West Indies, Ked Sea, Australia, 

 New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, 



Three species of Lepadogaster have occurred in the English 

 Channel. 



Family 43.— PSYCHROLUTID^. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



"A large-headed, elongate, naked marine fish, with smaU 

 teeth, and dorsal fin on the tail." 



Distribution. — West Coast of North America (Vancouver's 

 Island.) 



Family 44.— CENTRISCID^. (2 Genera, 7 Species.) 



"Marine fishes, with compressed, oblong or elevated bodies, 

 elongate tubular mouth and no teeth." 



Distribution. — West Coast of Europe and Africa, Mediterra- 

 nean, Indian Ocean to Java, Philippines, and Japan. 



A species of Centriscus has occurred on the South Coast of 

 England, and another species is found both at Madeira and 

 Japan. 



Family 45.— FISTULARIDiE. (2 Genera, 4 Species.) 



" Marine fishes, very elongate, with long tubular mouth 

 and small teeth." 



Distribution. — Tropical seas, both in the Atlantic and Indian 

 Ocean, and as far east as the New Hebride'?. 



