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14. Petl'OgobiuS daimio Jordan & Snyclcr. 



Numerous specimens. The largest is 8.8 cm. long without caudal. 



15. Asterropteryx abax Jordan & Snyder. 



Numerous specimens. The largest is 3.2 cm. long without caudal. 



16. Clanger COSmuruS Jordan & Snyder. 



Numerous specimens. The largest is 3 cm. long without caudal. 

 1). Ill— 11 to 13. A. 11 to 12. 



There are some six cirrhi of a blackish or whitish colour below 



eye. 



17. Leuciogobius guttatus Gill. 



One specimen 2.7 cm. long without caudal. D. 9. A. 10. 



Body brown, somewhat pale beneath ; a blackish band on root 

 of caudal ; all the fins, except the ventral, each with oblique rows of 

 blackish spots. Ventrals pale. 



Family Gobiesoeidae. 

 18. Aspasma minima (Döderlein). 



Numerous specimens. The largest is 4.9 cm. long without caudal. 



I lead 3| to 4, height of body 6 to 6\ in total length without 

 caudal. D. 7. A. 7. 



The species shows 3 principal colour variations which intergrade into 

 one another. These variations are probably due to the sex or to age. 



First variety of colouration ; lemon yellow above, pale below ; a 

 dark yellow band runs from near the posterior end of maxillary to 

 near opercle. No spots on body ; vertical fins and caudal with or 

 without spots. Ground colouration variable to some extent. 



Second variety of colouration : ground colouration, its variability 

 and band on cheek same as in the first, hour or five narrow pale 

 bands on back, these being sometimes replaced by spots. A pale band 



