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caudal reddish above, dusky below; fe- 

 males with 5 oblong dark blotches on sides, 

 the last on base of caudal ; from each of the 

 middle blotches a V -shaped bar runs to the 

 back ; a black shoulder blotch ; a dark bar 

 from eye to mouth; ventrals pale, with 2 

 dark streaks. D. VI-11; A. 12. Scales 30 

 (27 to 33) at least in males. 



ENCJEOMUS, 2546. 



hh. Dorsal spines high, the highest reaching past middle of 

 second dorsal. Nape scaly. Body elongate, moder- 

 ately compressed. 



n. Depth 5 to 6 in length. Profile little decurved, 

 skull flattish behind, much broader than in 

 Gobius boleosoma, with an evident median ridge ; 

 mouth very oblique, much larger than in G. 

 boleosoma; lower jaw thin and flat. Back 

 slightly arched. Body a little deeper and rather 

 less compressed than in G. encceomus, the depth 

 5 to 6 in length. Head 4. Anterior profile mod- 

 erately decurved. Eye 3 in head. Mouth 

 large, oblique; maxillary reaching to below 

 pupil in both sexes. Teeth above uniserial, 

 some of them enlarged and recurved; lower 

 teeth in a narrowband; males sometimes with 

 the hindermost qf the outer series a strong, 

 exserted, recurved canine; belly naked. Long- 

 est dorsal spine head in females, elevated in 

 males; soft dorsal elevated in males; caudal 3J 

 in body. Color light greenish; sides of male 

 with 5 or 6 narrow, straight, rather sharply 

 defined whitish or yellowish cross bars, regularly 

 placed; 4 dark bars. 3 below eye and 1 on 

 opercle; a small dark spot behind and above 

 opercle; vertical fins barred; female with a 

 row of irregular dark spots connected by a 

 dusky streak, and with the pale cross bars obso- 

 lete. D. YI-12; A. 13. Scales 27. 



8TIGMATICUS, 2547. 



n. Depth 4f in length ; the profile very obtuse anteri- 

 orly; mouth nearly horizontal, the maxillary 

 extending beyond pupil, 2f in head. Teeth 

 strong, uniserial, 4 shortish canines in lower 

 jaw behind the other teeth ; upper teeth largest. 

 Some of the dorsal spines filamentous, reaching 

 (in male) past middle of second dorsal ; caudal 

 longer than head; scales large, ctenoid, those 

 on nape and belly much reduced in size. Dark 

 olive, with 4 or 5 irregular, confluent, blackish 

 cross bands, besides irregular, dark blotches ; 

 head marked with darker; fins mostly dusky; 

 caudal dark blue with 2 red longitudinal stripes. 

 D. VI-11 ; A . 10. Scales 27. LYRICUS, 2548. 



nnn. Depth 4 in length; mouth nearly horizontal ; teeth 

 short and thick, uniserial; yellowish, much 

 mottled and blotched. D. VI-11; A. 11. Scales 

 30. GABMANI, 2549. 



