95 

 BALISTID^. 



BALISTES ACULEATUS, Lirm.^- [No. 15138]. 

 Young specimen. Two au«l a half inches long. 



GOBIIDJ^. 



BRACHYELEOTEIS OYANOSTIGMA, BllcrA [No. 15115]. 



Similar in every respect, even to the presence of the rudimentary 

 spines on the prseoperculum, to those described from the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



GOBITJS ECHINOCEPHALUS, Bupp. [No. 15113]. 



Gobius echinocephalus, Euppell, Alt. Fiscbe, 1828, 136 ; N. W. Fiscbe, 1837, 137, 138. — 

 Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., sii, 1837, 134.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., iii, 

 1801, 34.— KlunzingePv, Verli. zool.-bot. Gesel., xxi, 1871, 475. 



Gobius amidensis, Cuv. & Val., op. cit., sii, 1837, 135. — Gunther, op. oit., iii, 18G1, 35. — 

 Kner & Steindachner, Sitz. d. k. Ak. d. Wissen., Math.-Naturwissen. Classe, 

 liv, i, 1866, 367. 



D. Gj-L. A. 1 L. lat. 23-24. L. trans. 8. 

 Height of the body one-fourth of the total length. Head as high as 

 long, very obtuse in front ; cleft of mouth nearly vertical. The outer 

 series of teeth in both jaws enlarged ; in the lower jaw in front, on 

 either side of the symphysis, and behind the other teeth of the jaw, is a 

 large canine tooth, curved backward. Head and vertex, to the com- 

 mencement of the first dorsal fin, naked ; cheeks swollen, and together 

 with the under surface of the head, covered with small warts and short 

 cirri. Gill-openings narrow, of the same length as the base of the pec- 

 toral fin. Ventrals subcircular; caudal rounded. Body light brown; 

 head somewhat lighter ; fins dark brown. 



GOBIODON CITEINUS, {Biijjp.) Gthr. [No. 15114]. 



Gobius citrimis, Ruppell, N. W. Fiscbe, 1837, 139, pi. 32, f. 4. 



Gobiodon citrinus, Gunther, Cat. Fisb., iii, 1861, 87. — Klunzinger, Verb, zool.-bot. 

 Gesel., xxi, 1871, 480. 



Head and body compressed ; head rounded, very obtuse in front. 

 Scales none. No canine teeth. Yellow, with a blue black-edged streak 



* See synonymy under Fisbes from Fanning Islands, 

 t See synonymy under Hawaiian Fisbes. 



