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GOBIES OF THE PHILIPPINES 



I have examined a great number of specimens, ranging in 

 length from 30 to 90 millimeters, from the following localities: 



Mission, Cagayan Province. 



Vigan, Ilocos Sur Province. 



Agno River, Pangasinan Prov- 

 ince. 



Subic, Zambales Province. 



Malabon, Rizal Province. 



Manila. 



Lake Taal, Batangas Province. 



Pansipit River, Batangas Prov- 

 ince. 



Nasugbu, Batangas Province. 



Arimbay River, Albay Province. 



Puru, Legaspi, Albay Province. 



Mangarin, Mindoro. 



San Jose, Antique Province, 

 Panay. 



Capiz, Panay. 



Loboc, Iloilo Province, Panay. 



Cebu, Cebu. 



Dumaguete, Oriental Negros. 



Lasay, Siquijor. 



Cagayan, Misamis Province, 

 Mindanao. 



Caldera Bay, Zamboanga Prov- 

 ince, Mindanao. 



Zamboanga, Mindanao. 



Rio Grande, Cotabato Province, 

 Mindanao. 



Davao, Mindanao. 



Samal Island, Davao Gulf, Min- 

 danao. 



Balabac. 



Hongkong. 



This is a small species, and specimens from 56 to 60 millimeters 

 in length are sexually mature. It spawns in November and 

 December. Although widely distributed, it is not so abundant 

 as are some other members of the genus. It has been previously 

 listed from Bacon, Sorsogon Province, Luzon, by Evermann and 

 Scale; from the Rio Grande de Mindanao by Smith and Seale; 

 and under the name of G. aglestes from southern Negros by 

 Jordan and Seale. 



It was originally described from Pondicherry, Hindustan, and 

 is known from the Sind eastward through the Malay Archipelago. 



71. GLOSSOGDBIUS CELEBIUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



PLATE 12, FIG. 4 



Gobius celebins CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 12 (1837) 

 56; BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 7 (1854) 317; WEBER, Siboga 

 Exped., Fische (1913) 468. 



Gobius phaiosoma BLEEKER, Verh. Bat. Gen. 22 (1849) 30. 



Gobius fusiformis BLEEKER, Verh. Bat. Gen. 22 (1849) 30. 



Gobius pavo STEINDACHNER, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 55 * (1867) 

 715. 



Vernacular names; Bicol, taporak; Ilocano, bal-la; Tagalog, 

 bia ng bato (rock goby) ; Calamianes Visayan, tabula. 



Dorsal, VI, 1-8 or 9 ; anal I, 7 or 8 ; there are from 28 to 30 

 (32?) scales in a longitudinal row, 9 or 10 in a transverse series, 

 and from 14 to 17 before the first dorsal. 



