MIROGOBIUS 93 



pointed, basal third subtubulate, 2 to 2.2 times in head, not 

 nearly reaching anal papilla, which is short, thick, and cylin- 

 drical in females, very elongate, slender, and pointed in males. 



The color in alcohol varies from yellowish to whitish, more 

 or less thickly spattered over sides and dorsally with small 

 black stellate or dendritic spots, with a clear linear space left 

 running longitudinally from axil of pectoral to middle of caudal ; 

 the top of head, snout, and cheeks more or less blackish or black 

 marbled or spotted, lips black; some specimens not otherwise 

 different are nearly white, with the black spots on head and 

 body reduced to fine specks; the first dorsal is finely 'specked with 

 dusky or may be entirely colorless; the remaining fins, except 

 the colorless ventrals, more or less thickly dotted with fine black 

 specks. 



I have examined one hundred ten specimens, ranging in length 

 from 12 to 21 millimeters, collected January 26, 1926, by G. 

 A. Lopez from the small mountain lake beside the sitio Lanigay, 

 Polangui municipality, Albay Province. This species reaches 

 maturity when about 15 millimeters long, females of that length 

 having the abdomen enormously distended with eggs ready to 

 spawn. Unlike most of the other minute Philippine gobies, this 

 species is firm and tough, its fins not readily breakable, and it 

 endures much handling without harm. 



Stellatus, covered with stars. 



35. MIROGOBIUS LACUSTRIS sp. nov. 



Tagalog name, dolong. 



Dorsal V (rarely IV), 1-7; anal I, 9 or 8. 



The laterally compressed body has an elongate caudal peduncle, 

 with a large blunt heavy head in males, the head slenderer in 

 females, the dorsal profile slightly convex, the depth 4.4 to 4.8 

 times in the length; the head about 3.6 times in length, wider 

 than body ; the snout very wide and blunt in males, narrower but 

 equally blunt in females, equal to or slightly larger or smaller 

 than eye, 4.1 to 4.6 times in head ; the eyes high up, lateral, the 

 convex interorbital space more than an eye diameter in width; 

 the large mouth is strongly oblique, with prominent, projecting 

 lower jaw, the chin strongly oblique, the posterior angle of 

 maxillary beneath front margin or anterior portion of eye; in 

 males the teeth are long, stout, curved, widely spaced, those 

 of lower jaw all visible when mouth is closed ; a pair of canines 

 behind symphysis of lower jaw, back of outer row of teeth; 



