58 GOBIES OF THE PHILIPPINES 



Genus 12. BORODA g. nov. 



This genus is well differentiated from other Philippine eleo- 

 trids by the dentition, the very large broad head, and the 

 scalation. 



The body wedge-shaped and laterally compressed, with very 

 large, wide, depressed head, and strongly projecting lower jaw; 

 four rows of teeth anteriorly in both jaws, the outer and inner 

 rows enlarged and more or less caniniform; the scales all cy- 

 cloid, or only those on sides of body ctenoid; from 50 to 60 

 scales in a lateral series and from 17 to 20 in a transverse 

 series ; the head entirely scaled, with from 32 to 42 scales before 

 first dorsal; the pores on head conspicuous; caudal broad, 

 rounded, much shorter than head, its basal portion scaled. Dor- 

 sal VI, 1-9 ; anal I, 8 or 9. Generic type, B. expatria sp. nov. 



Borod, a Visayan name for certain gobies. 



Key to the species of Boroda. 



a\ Scales in lateral series 50 to 52; before dorsal 32 to 34.. B. albo-oculata. 

 a 2 . Scales in lateral series 60; before dorsal 42 B. expatria. 



20. BORODA ALBO-OCULATA sp. nov. 



Dorsal VI, 1-9 ; anal I, 8 ; there are 50 to 52 scales in a lateral 

 series from opercle to caudal, 17 or 18 in a transverse series, 

 and 32 to 34 scales before dorsal fin. 



The thick, wedge-shaped body little elevated, the depth from 

 4.5 to 4.8 times in the length; the broad, low, depressed head 

 3 to 3.2 times in the length, its greatest breadth equal to the 

 depth of body; the eyes very high up, 5.2 to 5.5 times in 

 head ; the length of the wide blunt snout but little greater than 

 that of eye; the interorbital space broad, flat, 3.4 to 4.2 

 times in head ; the length of caudal a little more than half that 

 of head; the dorsal and anal low, without elongated rays; cau- 

 dal peduncle broad, laterally much compressed, and elongate, 

 its least depth more than twice in its length. 



The mouth wide, strongly oblique, its maxillary angle extend- 

 ing beneath anterior portion of eyes, and with a projecting 

 lower jaw; the teeth in four rows anteriorly in each jaw; the 

 outer row in upper jaw fixed, enlarged, and widely spaced; 

 those of the remaining rows small, depressible, and of uniform 

 size; in lower jaw fixed enlarged teeth, irregularly disposed, 

 are distributed in both the outer and the inner rows, especially 

 far back; the other teeth small, uniform, and depressible. 



There is a large pore on inner side of each nostril, one above 

 and one behind eye, the latter at origin of the groove running 



