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belly between the lateral blotches and a dusky patch on top of 

 caudal penduncle; there is a dark brown or blackish blotch 

 under eye; the ocular tentacle red to blackish brown; the dor- 

 sal fins crossbarred by many, small, black, circular spots and 

 irregular marks; the pectorals crossbarred by black spots, at 

 least on lower half; a diagonal white bar on base of pectoral 

 has a broad, dark brown band above and a smaller one below it ; 

 the ventrals and anal blackish ; the upper half of caudal marked 

 by oblong black spots, the lower half dusky. 



Here described from seventy-two specimens, 50 to 91 milli- 

 meters in length, from the zoological department of the College 

 of Agriculture at Los Banos. The specimens came from Manila 

 Bay at Pasay. While they differ from Bleeker's description 

 in some minor particulars, they agree in all essentials. Bleeker 

 states "orbita superne tentaculo," which Giinther renders "above 

 the orbit;" later Giinther, with a specimen before him, wrote 

 "Ein kurzes Tentakel iiber jedem Auge." In all gobies with 

 ocular tentacles that I have examined, whether in the Philip- 

 pines or elsewhere, the tentacles have always been an outgrowth 

 of the eye itself, and not placed above it. In a few specimens 

 from Panay only one eye has a tentacle. 



In addition to the above I place here a number of specimens, 

 many in bad condition, but apparently all agreeing in scale 

 count ; in many of them the coloration is considerably faded or has 

 vanished, except on the fins. They are from 42 to 100 milli- 

 meters long. The list follows: 



Vigan, Ilocos Sur, 12. Pontevedra, Capiz Province, 11. 



Agno River, Dagupan, Panga- Iloilo, Iloilo, 5. 



sinan Province, 48. Molo, Iloilo, 5. 



Malabon, Rizal Province, 1. Villa, Iloilo, 5. 



Pasig River, Manila, 1. Dumangas, Iloilo, 15. 



Tondo, Manila, 1. Zarraga, Iloilo, 6. 



Cavite, Cavite, 3. Navalas, Guimaras, 13. 



Balayan Bay, Batangas Prov- Cebu, Cebu (good specimens), 



ince, 1. 10. 



San Jose, Antique Province, Pa- DaVao, Mindanao, 4. 



nay, 5. Hongkong, 6. 



Meyer collected this species at Cebu; it was recorded under 

 the name Oxyurichthys tentacidaris by Jordan and Scale from 

 Cavite and under the name Gobiichthys tentacidaris by Jordan 

 and Richardson from Aparri and Iloilo and by Scale from Hong- 

 kong. It occurs along the coast or in brackish water and in 

 fresh- water streams not far inland. 



