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Here described from ninety-three specimens obtained in the 

 Manila market, most of them living, and six from Cebu. They 

 range in length from 38 to 82 millimeters. I have also examined 

 the following specimens: 



Agno River, Dagupan, Panga- Pontevedra, Capiz Province, 3. 



sinan Province, 6. Capiz, Panay, 3. 



Obando, Bulacan Province (very Iloilo, Panay, 1. 



fine, 84 to 102 millimeters in Dumangas, Iloilo Province, 1. 



length), 10. Molo, Iloilo Province, 5. 



Malabon, Rizal Province, 6. Zarraga, Iloilo Province, 89. 



Manila Bay, Pasay, Rizal Prov- Navalas, Guimaras, 2. 



ince, 4. Hongkong, 1. 

 Estancia, Panay, 1. 



This slender little goby occurs in large quantities in the 

 Manila markets during November, December, and January, 

 being taken from the bangos ponds and estuaries about Mala- 

 bon. It agrees with Bleeker's long description in his diagnosis 

 of the new and little-known fishes of Java, except that he does 

 not mention the very characteristic spot above the iris of the 

 eye. 



From Oxyurichthys cristatus Day this species differs in color, 

 in having no ocellus on the pectoral or the soft dorsal, and in sca- 

 lation. The probabilities are great that O. cristatus is no more 

 than a variety of 0. microlepis. An examination of the Philip- 

 pine specimens labeled O. cristatus, in the United States National 

 Museum and the Leland Stanford Junior University, shows them 

 to be identical with my material and to be distinct from Day's 

 O. cristatus. 



This species occurs elsewhere on the coasts of the Malay Pen- 

 insula, Java, Madura, and in the China Sea. 



124. OXYURICHTHYS PAPUENSIS (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Gobius papuensis CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 12 



(1837) 80; GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 49. 

 Gobius (Oxyurichthys) papuensis WEBER, Siboga Exped. Fische (1913) 



476. 

 Gobiichthys papuensis JORDAN and SEALE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



28 (1905) 796. 

 Oxyurichthus papuensis JORDAN and RICHARDSON, Check List Phil. 



Fishes (1910) 50. 



Dorsal VI, 1-12; anal I, 13; there are 75 to 80 scales in a 

 longitudinal series. 



The height of body | of total length (without caudal), 

 the length of head 0.25; the head longer than high and i 

 higher than broad; the eyes very close together, their diameter 



