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Family 42.— GOBIESOCID^. (9 Genera, 21 Species.) 



"Carnivorous marine fishes, elongate, anteriorly depressed 

 and scaleless, with dorsal fin on the tail." 



Distribution. — Temperate and tropical seas ; Scandinavia to 

 the Cape, California to Chili, West Indies, Red Sea, Australia, 

 New Zealand, and Fiji Islands. 



Three species of Lepadogaster have occurred in the English 

 Channel. 



Family 43.— PSYCHROLUTIDiE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



" A large-headed, elongate, naked marine fish, with small 

 teeth, and dorsal fin on the tail." 



Distribution. — West Coast of North America (Vancouver's 

 Island.) 



Family 44.— CENTRISCID.E. (2 Genera, 7 Species.) 



" Marine fishes, with compressed, oblong or elevated bodies, 

 elongate tubular mouth and no teeth." 



Distribution. — West Coast of Europe and Africa, Mediterra- 

 nean, Indian Ocean to Java, Philippines, and Japan. 



A species of Centriseus has occurred on the South Coast of 

 England, and another species is found both at Madeira and 

 Japan. 



Family 45.— FISTULARIDiE. (2 Genera, 4 Species.) 



" Marine fishes, very elongate, with long tubular mouth 

 and small teeth." 



Distribution. — Tropical seas, both in the Atlantic and Indian 

 Ocean, and as far east as the New Hebrides. 



