20 



S. TAXA K A 



9. Paracentropogon rubripinnis (Schlegel). 

 One specimen, 3.5 cm. long exclusive ol caudal. 



Family Hexagrammidœ. 



10. Hexagrammos otakii Jordan & Starks. 



One specimen, 4.8 cm. long without caudal. 



Family Cottidee. 



11. Pseudoblennius COttoides (Richardson) 



Numerous specimens. The largest is 9.3 cm. long without caudal. 

 It was much distended at belly ; on dissection it was found to con- 

 tain 14 small larval crabs and 1 small snail. 



Family Gobiidae. 



12. Chasmichthys gulosus (Guichenot). 



Numerous specimens. The largest is 8.7 cm. long without caudal. 



Height of body 5 or 6, length of head 3 in total length without 

 caudal. D. VI — 11 or 12. A. 10. 



Ground colour and markings are variable to some extent in 

 distinctness, but the characteristic markings largely prevail. Marginal 

 white band on vertical fins not constant in width. The smallness of 

 the scales covering body forms a characteristic feature of the species. 



13. Chasmichthys dolichognathus (Hilgendorf). 

 Numerous specimens. The largest is 5.6 cm. long without caudal. 

 Height of body 5 A to 7, head 3 J in total length without caudal. 



D. VI — 9 or il. A. 9 or 10. 



Ground colour and markings variable to some extent. Scales 

 larger in size than in ChasmichtJiys gulosus, by which character the 

 two species may be distinguished from each other. 



