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Head 3: depth 3.27: eye 4: dorsal M-IO?; ana! 10; 22 scales in loiifii- 

 tudiiial series. 



( 'olor in alcohol, uniform dark straw. All the fins except the ventrals brown- 

 ish black: ventrals very pale reddish brown. This species is close to P. cchiiio- 

 cephalus from which it differs in coloration, in being less elongate, having smaller 

 canines, coarser and fewer flaps, and practically no hair-like papillae on head. 



Zonogobius semidoliatus (Civier & Valenciknnes). 



JoBD.\x & 8EALE, Bull. l. S. Bur. Fi.-.;h.. UXMi, 25, p. 397. fis- ^''■ 

 Gohius semidolialtis Cvv. & \'.\l., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ls:i7, 12. p. 'A. 



Two specimens, Xo. 05921. 1 and t inches long from Bora Bora, Society 

 Islands. M. C. Z. 29593 (1 specimen). 



Vailima stevensoni .Iord.\n & Se.\i,e. 

 Bull. r. .•^. Bur. Fish.. lOOfi, 25. p. :59S, fig. S7. 



One specimen, 28 inches long from Tipaerui Valley, Papeete, Society Islands. 



Gobius ornatus RTppell. 



Atlas, 1S2S, p. 13.5. GfNTHf;R, Fisohc der Siidsee, 1S77, 6. p. 172, taf. 3, fig. A. D.\Y, Fishes 

 of India, 1876, p. 294, pi. 63, fig. 1. .Iordan & Seale, Bull. V. r<. Bur. Fi.sh., 1906, 25, p. 401, fig. 91. 



Nos. 08901, M. C. Z. 29530, five specimens, | to if inches, and 09057, 

 three specimens 1^ to 2s inches long from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline Islands. 



No. 08938, M. C. Z. 29491 one specimen, 2| inches long from Tonga Islands. 



Two specimens, Xo. 09088. each Is inches long from Moen, Truk Group, 

 Caroline Islands. 



One specimen, Xo. 09033. M. C. Z. 2<,)493, I2 inches long from Suva, Fiji 

 Islands. 



The two small specimens from Moen resemble in every way the specimens 

 of same size from Su\'a except in having a longer and slightly more humped snf)ut. 

 The large one differs in the same way, but has in addition a more slender caudal 

 peduncle and the white markings are not definite. 



