Fishes . FiG. 586 —Pterogobius daimio Jordan it Snyder. Misaki, Japan. gobius are beautifully colored, banded with white or black, orstriped with red or blue. Pterogobius virgo and Pterogobiusdaimio of Japan are the most attractive species. Species ofCryptocentrus are also very prettily colored. Of the species burrowing in mud the most interesting isthe long-jawed goby, Gillichthys mirabilis. In this species. Fig. 587.—Darter Goby, Aboma etheostoma Jordan. Mazatlan, Mex. the upper jaw is greatly prolonged, longer than the head, as inOpisthognathus and Neoclinus. In the American Naturalistfor A
Fishes . FiG. 586 —Pterogobius daimio Jordan it Snyder. Misaki, Japan. gobius are beautifully colored, banded with white or black, orstriped with red or blue. Pterogobius virgo and Pterogobiusdaimio of Japan are the most attractive species. Species ofCryptocentrus are also very prettily colored. Of the species burrowing in mud the most interesting isthe long-jawed goby, Gillichthys mirabilis. In this species. Fig. 587.—Darter Goby, Aboma etheostoma Jordan. Mazatlan, Mex. the upper jaw is greatly prolonged, longer than the head, as inOpisthognathus and Neoclinus. In the American Naturalistfor August, 1877, Mr. W. N. Lockington says of the long-jawed goby: I call it the long-jawed goby, as its chief peculiarity con-sists in its tremendous length of jaw. A garpike has a long jaw,and so has an alligator, and it is not unlikely that the title willcall up in the minds of some who read this the idea of a terrible 674 Gobioidei, Discocephali, and Treniosomi mouth, armed with a bristling row of teeth. This would bea great mistake, for our little fish has no teeth worth braggingabout, and does not open his mouth any wider than a well-behaved fish should do. The great difference between hislong jaws and those of a garpike is that the latters projectforward, while those of our goby are prolonged backwardimmensely. The long-jawed goby was discovered by Dr. J. G. Cooperin the Bay of San Diego, among s
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