GOBIODON 291 



the date of collection, November 12. Where the types were 

 white these were clear yellow, while the large, blackish brown 

 band on the base of the caudal contained no white spot; in 

 other respects they were identical. 



As this copy leaves my hands Mr. F. Reveche, of Antique Prov- 

 ince, sends me four handsome specimens, 38 to 44 millimeters in 

 length; they are ready to spawn, February, 1926. 



Insignis, distinguished, in reference to its handsome colora- 

 tion. 



148. GOBIOSOMA MARMORATUM Peters 



Gobiosoma marmoratum PETERS, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1868) 

 267. 



Dorsal VI, 1-10; anal I, 9. 



Body spindle-shaped, scaleless; the height in the length as 

 1 : 5, the head length in the same as 1:4. The eyes are near 

 together and are hardly an eye diameter from the tip of the 

 snout. Teeth in narrow rows, those of the outer row .long. 

 Brown with darker marbling, with a dark spot in front of the 

 base of the caudal fin. (Peters.) 



Peters's specimens were collected by Jagor at Loquilocon, 

 Samar. 



The above description is my translation of that given by Peters. 

 It is possible that my G. insignum is a synonym, but Peters's 

 description is too brief to make certain without an examination 

 of his type. The porportions and color of G. insignum are 

 apparently different from those of Peters's species, and there is 

 a difference of one ray in the second dorsal. 



Genus 65. GOBIODON (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Bleeker 



Gobiodon (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 1 1 

 (1856) 407. 



Dorsal VI, 1-9 to 11; anal I, 8 or 9. 



This is a group of very small, naked fishes with the dorsals 

 united more or less completely, but always connected, at least 

 at the base; the teeth are in two or more rows in each jaw, 

 with two to four comparatively large canines behind the sym- 

 physis of the lower jaw; the gill openings are vertical, not ex- 

 tending below the pectorals; branchiostegals 4. 



The body short, deep, oval, strongly compressed, with a broad, 

 deep, and boldly arched profile, the head not much broader than 

 the body, and short, rather strong fins. The leathery skin is en- 

 tirely bare or may have scales so rudimentary that they resemble 

 minute pits. Large pores with tumid lips are conspicuous on 



