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ing two crossbands ; the second dorsal and caudal crossbarred by 

 three or four irregular dark bands; there is a vertical bar of 

 violet-brown specks at base of pectoral rays; the other fins all 

 clear. 



Here described from two specimens, 28 and 37 millimeters 

 in length, collected from the river at Fabrica, Occidental Negros, 

 by my colleague Mr. W. Schultze, entomologist of the Bureau 

 of Science, for whom I take pleasure in naming the species. 



85. RHINOGOBIUS CANINUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



PLATE 13, FIG. 4 



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

 65; GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 38; Fische der 

 Siidsee 2 (1876) 175, pi. 109, fig. C; A. B. MEYER, Ann., Soc. Espana 

 Hist. Nat. 14 (1885) 29 (misprinted as G. cazinus). 



Rhinogobius caninus JORDAN and SEALE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 28 

 (1905) 796; JORDAN and RICHARDSON, Bull. Bur. Fisheries 27 (1908) 

 277; SEALE, Philip. Journ. Sci. % D 5 (1910) 285. 



Gobius grandinosus VALENCIENNES, Voy. Bonite Poiss. (1842) 177, 

 pi. 5, fig. 4. 



Dorsal VI, 1-9 ; anal I, 9 ; there are from 28 to 30 scales in a 

 lateral series, 10 in a transverse series, and 16 or 23 scales before 

 the first dorsal. 



The robust body laterally compressed, with a large broad 

 head ; the depth contained from 4.3 to 4.7 times, the head 3.3 to 

 3.6 times in length ; the eyes near dorsal profile, of medium size, 

 their diameter 4 to 4 times in head, twice as great as the 

 interorbital space, and about 0.75 as long as the blunt convex 

 snout; the mouth oblique with a slightly projecting lower jaw; 

 the posterior angle of maxillary sometimes extends Do beneath 

 anterior margin of eye ; the teeth very small and in fine bands ; 

 those of outer row enlarged and widely spaced, then follow two 

 or three rows of minute teeth and an inner row a little larger; 

 the lower jaw has one or two canines on each side at the end 

 of the short outer row ; the caudal peduncle rather short and deep, 

 its depth about 0.75 or 0.8 of its length. 



The first dorsal usually low, about $ of depth of trunk, but 

 in specimens from Sandakan, Borneo, the spines have filamen- 

 tous tips, the third one especially being elongated until it may 

 equal the head in length; the second dorsal and anal elongated 

 and angulate posteriorly, the last rays in large specimens reach- 

 ing caudal; the pectorals extend beyond the broad ventrals and 



