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dots on base of pectoral; on sides of body are small crescentic groups of dots on each scale; dorsal and 
anal fins punctate dusky; other fins colorless. 
This description is based on the type and 20 cotvpes taken by me at Honolulu in 1889. The 
largest of these is 15 mm. in length. This is the smallest vertebrate that has up to this time been 
described. This minute species was obtained by breaking up heads of coral over a dip net. (Type, 
No. 50720, U. S. N. M.) 
234. Gobius albopunctatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Color in life, whitish, with shades of pale brown and dark cloudings; head and body covered with 
many small, pearly, white spots; coloration of dorsal, caudal, and pectoral same as body; ventral milky 
white with some dusky marking; anal white with dusky margin; belly and throat white. When seen 
from above, the cloudings make 3 rather distinct broad bands across the back. 
One hundred and thirty specimens were obtained at Honolulu, ^ inch to 4 inches in length. It is 
very abundant at Honolulu along the shores, in marshes and mouths of streams. 
Gobius albopunctatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xn, 57, 1837, Isle de France; Gunther, Cat.., in, 25, 1861; 
Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, Vi, 172, pi. cx, fig. A, 1877 (Fiji and Society Islands). 
Gobius ncbulo-punctatus Ruppell, Neuewirb., Fische, 139, 1835. 
Gobius punctillatus Ruppell, 1. e., p. 138. 
235. Awaous genivittatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Color in life, general color pale; sides of belly with shades of pink; body with 5 or (’> more or less 
distinct transverse bands and mottlings of dark along back; broad black band downward and obliquely 
backward; dark spot on upper part of base of pectoral; caudal transversely barred; dorsal and anal 
with longitudinal bars. Another specimen was very pale, with about 11 crossbars, less distinct for- 
ward, more distinct posteriorly; an indistinct, dark, longitudinal band along middle of side; dorsal fin 
transparent, with black spots; caudal tinged with olive; a broad black band from eye downward and 
backward. All these colors fade more or less quickly on being taken out of water. 
Seven specimens, 1.8 to 5.7 inches in length, were obtained, by me; and two, 5.1 and 5.4 inches 
in length, by Dr. Wood, at Honolulu. It occurs in fresh waters. 
Gobius r/cnivittatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xn, 64, 1837, Otahaiti; Gunther, Cat., in) 13, 1861 (Otaheite); 
Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, Vi, 170, taf. cx, fig. C, 1877 (Tahiti, Fiji, and Sandwich Islands). 
Awaous genivittatus, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900. 517 (Sandwich Islands). 
236. Awaous stamineus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). “Oopu.” 
Color in life, body yellow, but somewhat transparent; pectorals and ventrals plain; caudal with 4 
bars of black; first dorsal with black dots; second dorsal with 4 longitudinal rows of black dots and 
reticulations; body covered with black dots and reticulations; a black spot at base of caudal ; belly 
white; golden spot on upper branchiostegal and opercle. 
Thirty-two specimens of this species, 1 to 9 inches in length, were obtained by me in fresh water 
at Honolulu, 4 by the Albatross in 1896, 2 by Dr. Wood from Honolulu, and 4 by Mr. McGregor from 
a small ditch at Hilo in 1900. The lai’gest of all of these is 9 inches in length. 
Gobius stamineus Eydoux & Souleyet.Voy. Bonite, Poiss., 179, pi. 5, fig. 5, 1841, Sandwich Islands; Gunther, Shore _ Fishes, 
Challenger, Zool., I, part vi, 59, 1880 (fresh waters of Honolulu and Hawaii). 
Awaous crassilabris, Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. JIus., No. 7, 59, 1S77 (Oahu); Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 517 (Sand- 
wich Islands) . 
237. Sicyopterus stimpsoni (Gill). 
One specimen, 3.4 inches in length, was taken by me from fresh-water streams at Honolulu. 
Sicydium stimpsoni Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, 101, Hilo, Hawaii, in fresh water; Gunther, Cat.., hi, 93, 1861; 
Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, vi, 183, 1877 (Gill’s description). 
Sicyopterus stimpsoni , Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 59, 1877 (Oahu, in fresh water). 
Sicydium nigrescehs Gunther, Challenger, Zool., vol. I, part vi, 60, pi. xxvi, fig. C, 1880 (Hawaii, fresh water; Honolulu, 
fresh water). 
