HO GOBIES OF THE PHILIPPINES 



of body two rows of large dark brown or blackish spots, the 

 lower ones rounded, those of upper row elongated or rectan- 

 gular ; the dark spots on upper half of body all small ; the sides 

 and top of head sprinkled with dark brown or blackish spots; 

 the first dorsal diagonally marked with many rows of dark 

 brown or black spots and lines on the membrane, interspersed 

 with pearly white spots; the anterior half of first dorsal has 

 a broad yellow or white upper margin ; the second dorsal, caudal, 

 and pectoral crossbarred by many rows of black or brown spots, 

 alternating with white spots; the basal portion of anal faintly 

 brown crossbarred, with a dusky margin and a white marginal 

 line on tips of rays; the ventrals brown to black. 



I have examined the following specimens, varying in length 

 from 18 to 79 millimeters: 



Currimao, Ilocos Norte Prov- Canigaran, Palawan, 1. 



ince, 5. Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 1. 



Nalvo, Luna, La Union Prov- Cuyo, 1. 



ince, 2. Zamboanga, Mindanao, 1. 



Nasugbu, Batangas Province, 3. Davao, Mindanao, 1. 



Puerto Galera, Mindoro, 6. Samal Island, Davao Gulf, 3. 



Odiongan, Tablas", 7. Siasi, 4. 



San Jose, Antique Province, Sitankai, 4. 



Panay, 1. 



The species has been listed previously from the "Philippine 

 Islands" by Gunther; from Paracale, Camarines Norte, by 

 Peters, and from Ticao by Jordan and Richardson. 



This little goby, which in life well deserves the name ornate, 

 occurs throughout the Philippines and is not rare. It was 

 originally described from the Red Sea and is found from the 

 east coast of Africa eastward to Yap, the north coast of Aus- 

 tralia, and the Fiji and Samoan Islands. 



44. GOBIUS OLIGOLEPIS Sleeker 



Gobius oligolepis SLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 5 (1853) 508; PETERS, 

 Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1868) 263. 



Dorsal VI, 1-10 or 11 ; anal I, 11 or 12. 



The body elongate compressed, the height 5.5 to 6 in the 

 length, the breadth about 1.5 in the height; the obtuse convex 

 head about 5 in body length; the breath of head 1.75, the 

 height about 1.5 in its length; the diameter of eye 3 or less in 

 length of head, less than half a diameter apart, placed in an- 

 terior halt of head ; the snout obtuse, soon convex ; the maxillae 

 equal, the upper one extending beneath posterior half of eye; 



