67% 
transversely between soft dorsal and anal origins; <5 predorsal 
scales; snout 3 1/4 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 6; maxillary 
21/2; interorbital 7 2/5, head width.2 1/6, Snout with convex 
prominence, length 5/6 its width. Outer row of teeth in each jaw 
strong, firm, conic, largest, and inner row more slender, depress- 
ible. Tongye ewh weigces in front. Bony interorbital veryslight- 
ly concave, Rakers IT IX, low rudiments; filaments 1 1/2 in 
eye. Scales crowded in predorsal, especially forward, likewise 
on breast; median striae 25 to 31; apical denticles 100 to 1203 
lateral circuli moderate, much more numerous transversely over 
striee. Color in alcohol dull brownish, nearly uniform. Dorsals 
and caudal membranes with brownish spots. Length 218 mm, Manila, 
Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Ruppell). 
Head 3 1/8; depth 2 3/4; Divi of, 9, 15 A. I, 9, 43 scales 
25 from gill-opening to caudal base; 11 scales transversely, between 
soft dorsal and anal origins} snout 2 2/5 in head; eye 3; maxillary 
21/4; interorbital 3; head width 11/3. Snout convex, length 2/3 
its width. Maxillary reaches eye. Tongue rounded in front. Teeth 
in bands ih jaws, fine; pair of strong inner canines at front of 
lower jaw. Scales wuth 15 or 16 basal radiating striae; 24 to 40 
apical denticles; circuli moderate, Length 21 to 28 mm, Two from 
Fiji, the notes above pertaining to the lerger bar Ag Crain Eine 
je an tye m Vausru, Fy, b 30, 1¢& 4 
7G , a ellia eke Kendall and Rdacrirree’> appears to be 
simply a varient. tts darker fins, fewer fleps and absence of 
papilla, besides its dimensions(about the size of our lerger ex- 
ample), point to this view, ean ae 
278. “em.Mus.Comp.Zo0ol.,vol.26,part 7, 1911, p.318, P1.6 was 1 
Fakarava, Pammotu “tslands. 
