gl Be Sees 
Ophiocara porocephala(Valenciennes). fay 
Head 3 to 3 1/8; depth 4 to 4 2/5; D. VI mt Sy 13 Ae a 
9, 1; scales 50 to Se from shoulder to caudal hase medially; 12 
scales transversely from soft dorsal origin to anal origin; 20 to 
c4 predorsal scales; snout 5 2/5 to 3 7/8 in head from upper jaw 
tip; eye 5 1/5 to 6 1/3; maxillary 2 7/8 to 33 interorbital 2 1/8 
to 2 5/6; head width 1 3/5 to 1 7/8 in total head length. Snout 
broadly convex, length 1 1/2 to 1 3/5 its width, Maxillary to 
pupil; expansion 3 to 3 1/2 in eye. Teeth fine, in bands in jaws, 
outer row enlarged. Tongue rounded in front. Interorbital broad, 
depressed level, Rakers 5714, lanceolate, 2 in filaments, which 
11/2 in eye. Seales with 20 to 23 basal radiating striae, median 
extending well apically; apical denticles 106 to 123; circuli fine. 
Color in alcohol deep sepia-brown, with obscure darker longitudinal 
streaks on sides and back, those on head all finer. Fins all 
brownish like back, soft dorsal and anal broadly bordered whitish 
and also some dark blotches on fin membranes, Dark spot at pecto- 
ral base medially. Length 145 to 187 mm, Three from Fiji. 
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AS eg 
Gobiomorphus gobioides (Valenciennes). Pang @ OS fo 
Head 3 to 3 1/5; depth 4 3/4 to 5; D. VI or VII - I, 8, 4 
to 10, i; A. IT, 8, i, to 10, i; scales 35 to 43 from shoulder 
to caudal base and 4? more on latter; 12 scales transversely be- 
tween soft dorsal and anal origins; 15 to 19 predorsal scales; 
