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no scales on cheeks or opercles, nape fully scaled to posterior 

 margin of eyes, 10 series anterior of spinous dorsal; snout 

 rounded, jaws equal; maxillary extending to anterior margin 

 of eye, teeth of lower jaw small, sharp pointed, in several rows — 

 the outer row being enlarged curved teeth resembling canines; 

 an extra large recurved canine on each side, upper jaw with a 

 single series of strong sharp teeth; tongue truncated or but 

 slightly rounded ; gill openings wide, but not extending forward ; 

 body fully scaled, the scales on posterior half of body somewhat 

 larger ; no free silk-like rays at the origin of pectorals. 



Spinous dorsal with the 2d, 3d, and 4th rays longest; soft 

 dorsal and anal similar in form and of about equal height, their 

 posterior rays being about 1.50 in head. The origin of soft 

 dorsal is on a line with anal pore; origin of anal below the 2d 

 dorsal ray ; ventrals firmly united for entire length, the basal cup 

 deep, length of the fin equal to distance from nostril to posterior 

 margin of opercle ; pectoral slightly greater than length of head ; 

 caudal rounded, 1.20 in head. 



Color in alcohol pale wood brown with a series of about 14 

 small, more or less complete, circles of darker brown (sepia) 

 along the median line of sides, margin of scales on upper half 

 of body also slightly shaded with sepia, 1 or 2 narrow lighter 

 longitudinal lines above the row of median circles; a black line 

 from posterior margin of eye to upper base of pectoral fin, 

 4 or 5 blue spots on opercles and irregular brown blotch on 

 cheeks below eye; 2 brownish blotches on base of pectoral; 

 dorsals marked with about 4 longitudinal brownish lines; tip of 

 spinous dorsal dusky ; anal shading into slaty gray on outer third ; 

 caudal marked with whitish spots; pectorals and ventrals pale 

 yellowish brown, the ventral with a slight grayish wash. 



Three specimens from Hongkong market, August 9, 1910. 

 Type is No. 6474, Bureau of Science collection ; length, 70 centi- 

 meters ; cotypes are Nos. 6489 and 6541. 



Gobius poecililicthys Jordan and Snyder. 



Dorsal, VI, 10; scales about 35, upper pectoral rays silk-like; 

 tongue truncate. Length, 57 to 60 millimeters. (6408, 6523.) 



Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton-Buchanan). 



Length, 74 to 78 millimeters. (6409, 6463, 6477, 6504.) 



Oxyurichthus cristatus (Day). 



Length, 85 millimeters. (6484.) 



