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black spots, the last two very close together; from eye a black 

 bar extends diagonally downward behind angle of maxillary; 

 a black spot on opercle and a small one on upper margin of eye, 

 usually back of center; the pupil white; the first dorsal has a 

 dark band along its base, the first spine or all the spines alter- 

 nately black and light spotted ; there is a basal row of dark spots 

 on membranes of second dorsal or there may be three such 

 rows ; the outer half of anal blackish ; the pectoral has two black 

 spots on base, or a longitudinal bar above and a spot below; 

 the ventrals dusky, with whitish margin; the basal portion of 

 caudal black-spotted, its tip black. 



Here described from twelve adult specimens, 41 to 48 milli- 

 meters in length, collected at Molo, Iloilo Province, Panay, 

 August 15, 1925. Four others were collected at Capiz, Panay, 

 one immature, 32 millimeters long, the others about 45 milli- 

 meters long. 



A specimen, 47 millimeters long, has just been received from 

 Mr. F. Reveche, San Jose, Antique Province, Panay. 



Genus 42. WAITEA Jordan and Seale 



Waitea JORDAN and SEALE, Fishes of Samoa, Bull. Bur. Fisheries 25 

 (1906) 407. 



This genus is close to Gobionellus, according to its authors, 

 but is separated therefrom by having the maxillaries produced 

 backward to or almost to the lower posterior angle of the 

 preopercle. The large head and nape are naked, with the entire 

 region before the first dorsal naked or with a few very small 

 scales on posterior part; the mouth very large, the tip of the 

 tongue rounded; in the upper jaw an outer row of large teeth 

 and two inner rows of very minute teeth; in the lower jaw a 

 band of four rows of very small, slender, needlelike, depressible 

 teeth, the inner and outer rows the largest ; the pectoral without 

 silken rays above. Dorsal VI, 1-10; anal I, 9. There are 36 

 to 38 scales in a longitudinal series, and 16 in a transverse series. 



One species, known from Java, Samoa, and the Philippines. 



98. WAITEA MYSTACINA (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Gobius mystacinus CuviER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 12 

 (1837) 94; GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 48. 



Waitea mystacina JORDAN and SEALE, Bull. Bur. Fisheries 25 (1906) 

 407, fig. 94; JORDAN and RICHARDSON, Bull. Bur. Fisheries 27 (1908) 

 279. 



Dorsal VI, 1-10; anal I, 9; there are 36 or 38 scales in a 

 longitudinal series and about 16 in a transverse series. 



