324 KXI'KDITION Ol" TIIK " Al,li.\'l'l{()SS," \SW I'.IOO. 



PARAGOBIOIDES, k'". n..v. 



Tyjio P. grandoculifi. sj). nov. 



Similar to Gobioides hut with \vvy hir^o cn'cs. 'I'hc Ncnti'al (ins a]iiiarriitly 

 separate, but it is uncertain if the division is normal. 



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Paragobioides grandoculis, s]). iiox. 



/'/(//( 0', Jigtiri .!. 



Type No. G5975, U. S. N. M., \l inches lung, Arhno Atoll, Maishall 

 Islands. 



Body elongate, slender, with minute scales; dorsal 58, inserted at a distance 

 from tip of snout equal to about \ base of dorsal, its rays somewhat produced 

 beyond membrane; anal 3S, inserted at a distance fi'om tij^ of lower jaw equal 

 to about 8 base of anal; ventrals I, 5; caudal with middle rays somewhat pro- 

 duced. Mouth somewhat oblique, lower jaw ])rojecting, li|) thick and fl(>shy; 

 teeth in bands in both jaws, the u|)])er with two canine-like teeth anteriorly, 

 one on each side; outer series of lower jaw enlarged, growing progressively 

 shorter posteriorly; apparently fine teeth on vomer antl palatines; gill mem- 

 branes brcjadly joined to the isthmus; head 7..") in length to base of caudal; 

 depth 13.23; eye 4.25. 



Color pale straw, fins colorless exceiiting the caudal which is slightly dusky 

 at the tips of rays. Probahlx' a young fish. 



CALLIONYMIDAE. 

 Callionymus cookii (IcNrnKH. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., ISTl, p, liC,:.. JMschc dcr Siidwc, 1,S77, 6, [). lll'J, Inf. I V.',, \\\i. B. 



Two specimens, No. ()5i)3'.), M. (". Z. 2()5'.)() (I siiecimen), li and 2^ inches 

 long from Fakarava, Paumotu Islands. 



The 2? inch s])ecini('n is apjjarcntly a male, the other a female. Dorsal 

 IV, 8; anal 7. 



These specimens agree more closely with ('(iUI(iiii,niiis cixil.ii ihan willi any 

 other described species. The eoloi-s are faded, hut in the male thei-e are traces 



