GOBIUS 107 



The color of the type specimen in alcohol grayish, without dis- 

 tinctive markings; a black spot on first dorsal on upper part 

 between fifth and sixth spines, the rest of the fin dusky except 

 upper margin which is clear; pectorals and caudal uniform 

 gray; ventrals and anal blackish. 



The above is taken from the original description by Jordan 

 and Scale ; they had one specimen, 2.45 inches long, from Iloilo, 

 Panay. 



After Mr. Scale's departure from the Philippines the Bureau 

 of Science fish collection had no qualified custodian for a number 

 of years. Mr. Seale had collected a large series of specimens 

 from the following localities: Manila market, south coast of 

 Luzon, Siquijor, Zamboanga, Davao, Balabac, and Sitankai. 

 These specimens were all placed in one jar and all spoiled, so 

 that there are none now in the collection ; nor have I ever seen 

 anything in my own collections which could be this species. 

 There are several rough color sketches of this species among 

 those left by the late T. S. Espinosa, former Bureau of Science 

 scientific artist; one or two of them are evidently not G. 

 panayensis, although so labeled, but the others are just as evi- 

 dently correct. From Mr. Scale's field book I take the following 

 color notes: 



Grayish olive, the top of the head black; first dorsal grayish olive, the 

 tip dusky ; second dorsal grayish fading into dusky, with a narrow yellowish 

 margin anteriorly; caudal, anal, and ventrals black; the upper part of the 

 pectoral yellowish, with short blackish cross bars fading into black on the 

 lower half of the fin. 



Another specimen was olive, the first dorsal with a broad dusky band 

 through the middle; the lower two-thirds of the second dorsal dusky with 

 a row of dark dots and some dusky middle rays, the upper third dull yel- 

 lowish, tipped with grayish red; the caudal has slight indications of dusky 

 cross bars; the anal is white at the base, dusky at the tip; the ventral is. 

 black; the pectoral with a black centre and a light area surrounding this, 

 the tip dusky. 



42. GOBIUS CAUERENSIS Bleeker 



Gobius cauerensis BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 4 (1853) 269; GUN- 

 THER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 41; WEBER, Fische, Siboga 

 Exped. (1913) 460. 



Gobius ophthalmotaenia BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 7 (1854) 46; 

 GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 37. 



Dorsal VI, 1-10 to 12; anal I, 11 to 12; scales in a longitudinal 

 series 25 to 27. 



The depth of the elongate, laterally compressed body contained 

 5.5 to 5.66 times, the head 4.5 to 4.66 times in the length; the 

 width of head is nearly equal to its depth and is twice in its 



