Igg GOBIES OF THE PHILIPPINES 



description was written after examination of alcoholic spec- 

 imens, 38 to 106 millimeters in length, obtained from the follow- 

 ing localities : 



Malabon, Rizal Province, 16. Iloilo, Panay, 7. 



Manila, 2. Zarraga, Iloilo Province, 5. 



Cavite, 2. Navalas, Guimaras, 4. 



San Miguel Bay, Camarines Cebu, 1. 



Sur Province, 1. Davao, 1. 



Buhi River, Camarines Sur Balabac, 5. 



Province, 1. Sandakan, Borneo, 15. 



Guinobatan, Masbate, 1. Amoy, China, 2. 



My largest specimens are spawning females, obtained June 

 30 ; the smallest spawning female is 75 millimeters long, collected 

 July 14. This species was recorded by Meyer from Cebu, by 

 Jordan and Seale from Negros, and by Jordan and Richardson 

 from Iloilo and Lubang Island. Undoubtedly it occurs through- 

 out the Philippines in bays and estuaries, but rarely in fresh 

 water. Elsewhere it is known along the China Sea from Amoy 

 southward, and in the East Indies. 



All the Philippine specimens I have seen agree in having 

 the first dorsal lower than that in specimens from elsewhere, 

 without filiform tips, and nearly all have larger scales on the 

 nape. In other respects they are identical with those figured 

 and described by authors. 



The Philippine form above mentioned may be called Rhino- 

 gobius caninus magnisquamatus, to distinguish it from the typi- 

 cal form, which seems to be rare in the Philippines. 



86. RHINO GOBIUS BALIUROIDES (Bleeker) 



Gobius baliuroides BLEEKER, Verh. Bat. Gen. 22 (1849) 26; GUNTHER, 



Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 42. 

 Rhinogobius baliuroides JORDAN and RICHARDSON, Bull. Bur. Fisheries 



27 (1908) 276. 



Dorsal VI, 1-8 ; anal I, 8 ; there are 27 or 28 scales in a longi- 

 tudinal series and 7 or 8 in a transverse series. 



The body elongate, slender, the dorsal and ventral profiles 

 nearly parallel, the depth 5.2 to 5.6 times in length; the head 

 long, low, broad, its depth behind eyes about 0.8 its width, 3.7 

 to 3.9 in length; the snout short, 3.5 to 3.75 in head, equal to 

 eyes, which are laterodorsal in position, looking up as much as 

 sideways, and very close together, the interorbital space neg- 

 ligible; the mouth oblique, the upper lip above lower margin 

 of eye, the lower jaw projecting, the posterior angle of maxillary 

 extending to beneath or almost beneath front margin of eye; 



