240 GOBIES OF THE PHILIPPINES 



115. CRYPTOCENTRUS CEBIT ANUS sp. nov. 



PLATE 19, FIG. 2 



Dorsal VI, 1-10; anal I, 10; there are about 85 scales in a 

 longitudinal series, 32 in a transverse series, and about 20 scales 

 in front of first dorsal. 



The body elongate, strongly compressed laterally, the dorsal 

 profile horizontal, the greatest thickness a little more than half 

 the depth, which is contained 5.56 times in length; the head 

 large, its thickness equal to its depth, with short, blunt, steeply 

 descending snout and slightly projecting chin; the length of head 

 3.56 times in head and trunk together; the snout 0.2 of head 

 and shorter than the large, obliquely set eyes which are dor- 

 solateral in position, very close together, and 4 times in head ; 

 the convex interorbital 0.25 of an eye diameter in breadth ; the 

 mouth large, oblique, the maxillary extending a little beyond 

 eye; teeth in four rows in each jaw, the posterior canines in 

 lower jaw small; in upper jaw some of the teeth in inner row 

 behind symphysis enlarged; the scales are closely set, distinct, 

 and extend forward upon nape as far as in line with front mar- 

 gin of opercle; the snout, cheeks, opercles, and naked space 

 behind eyes covered with lines of minute papillae ; the first dorsal 

 high, the tips of the spines not extended beyond the membrane, 

 the second spine longest and 0.2 greater than the depth; the 

 base of second dorsal much longer than that of anal, the fins 

 similar in outline, the posterior rays longest and greater than 

 the depth, both reaching caudal when depressed, the second 

 dorsal higher than anal; the depth of caudal peduncle 1.6 times 

 in depth and 2.5 times in head; the caudal pointed, its length 

 i of head and trunk; the broad, round-pointed pectorals exceed 

 depth very slightly; the slender, pointed ventrals longer than 

 pectorals, and 0.25 more than depth, but do not reach anus ; the 

 anal papilla short and bluntly rounded. 



The color in alcohol reddish brown, with a lilac cast anteriorly, 

 becoming yellowish brown on posterior third; on sides are ten 

 ( ?) crossbars of darker brown ; the bars on posterior third have 

 faded considerably, so that their number cannot be determined 

 exactly ; two similar short bands cross nape, one just in front of 

 first dorsal, the other above opercles ; a dark brown band crosses 

 behind eyes and divides, one part passing diagonally downward 

 and forward to posterior angle of maxillary, the other passing 

 back and down to opercle; below this is a large pale spot, 

 apparently pearly blue in life, covering most of preopercle ; the 



