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Nape scaly; tongue rounded; upper rays of the pectoral somewhat silky. This species represents 

 the typical genus Gobius and is found in shallow waters over coral sand behind the coral reefs of Apia. 

 It is not very common. Our specimens are all immature and have but a trace of the pearly spots on 

 the sides of the head and bodv. We have 4 specimens from Apia and 9 from Pago Pago. 



One of the species 



Fig. 91. — Gobius ornatus Riippell. 



1457. Gobius elegans Cuvier & Valenciennes. Vanicole; Xew Guinea. 



1458. Gobius caledonicus Sauvage. New Caledonia. 

 Gobms caledonicus Sauvage, Bull. Sci. Philom. 1879, p. S, New Caledonia. 



1459. Gobius olig-olepis Bleeker. New Hebrides (Seale); East Indies. 



1460. Gobius concavifrons Ramsay & Ogilby. New Guinea. 

 Gobius concavifrons Ramsay & Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1886, 12, New Guinea. 



MAPO Smitt. 



Mapo Smitt, Afh. Vet. Kong. Ak. Stockholm 1899, 543 (soporator). 

 This genus is very close to Gobius, differing chiefly in the emarginate tongue, 

 is the most widely distributed of the gobies. 



1461. Mapo fuscus (Riippell). Pa'ofu. Samoa; Hawaii; Fiji; Tahiti; Nukahiva and Makatea 



(Seale); West Indies; East Indies; Panama. 

 Gobius albopunctatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xn, 57, 1S37, He de France. 



This species is very common throughout the South Seas, living by preference in rocky tide pools, 

 away from the coral reefs, in the region known as "iron-bound coast." Five of our specimens are 

 from Vailele, 5 miles east of Apia; 3 from Aua, on the north shore of Tutuila, and 49 from the rocks 

 near Point Distress at Pago Pago. 



Tongue notched; upper rays of pectoral silk-like; head broad; first dorsal vi, low. 



Life colors of a specimen from Pago Pago, grayish olive, with oblong irregular spots of orange 

 brown, lighter or darker, and forming irregular lines; a dark dash below eye; head speckled with 

 gray and brown; dorsals spotted like body; caudal more spotted, with a dark brow 7 n marginal band 

 and a pale tip; anal paler, also with a dark cross-shade; pectoral pale, spotted, with 3 blackish spots 

 at base; ventral pale. A larger example was darker and browner, with traces of 3 broad cross-bands. 



