*Lo %. 
Body elongate, tail but little longer than trunk. Head rather 
large, well compressed. Snout conic, broad. Eye large, elevated, but 
little in advance of middle in head length. Mouth inclined, lower jaw pro¬ 
truding. Maxillary not quite reaching opposite eye. Teeth small, in 
bands in jaws. Nostrils separated, front one near upper front preorbital 
edge and hind one close to upper eye edge. Inter orbital low, depressed. 
Gill opening extends forward opposite eye centerTy^ 
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(^Head naked, except on occiput. First dorsal with 9 spines, and 
second dorsal with spine and 11 rays. Anal with spine and 7 rays. Caudal 
rounded behind. Pectoral rays 12, fin less than head. Ventral with spine 
and 5 rays, fins separated, shorter than pectoral. 
Small Chinese gobies resembling Eviota . though the edges of the 
paired fins entire, not fringed, and the predorsal scaly. 
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