Archive image from page 31 of Discovery reports (1936) Discovery reports discoveryreports12inst Year: 1936 Fig. 7. Acentrogobiiis koiimansi. Holotype. xi. Fig. 8. Diagrammatic view of head of Acentrogobhis kotimansi, showing the arrangement of the series of cutaneous papillae. in lower jaw; tongue truncate or slightly bilobate. Head naked except on upper surface behind eyes and on lower part of cheek, where there is a row of 3 or 4 scales; body covered with finely ciliated scales; 25 to 27 in a longitudinal series, 7 or 8 in a transverse series between second dorsal and anal fin; breast s
Archive image from page 31 of Discovery reports (1936) Discovery reports discoveryreports12inst Year: 1936 Fig. 7. Acentrogobiiis koiimansi. Holotype. xi. Fig. 8. Diagrammatic view of head of Acentrogobhis kotimansi, showing the arrangement of the series of cutaneous papillae. in lower jaw; tongue truncate or slightly bilobate. Head naked except on upper surface behind eyes and on lower part of cheek, where there is a row of 3 or 4 scales; body covered with finely ciliated scales; 25 to 27 in a longitudinal series, 7 or 8 in a transverse series between second dorsal and anal fin; breast scaled. Cutaneous papillae on head well developed, arranged as in the accompanying diagram. Dorsal VI, I 16-17; the two fins narrowly separated; second, third and fourth rays of first dorsal sometimes a little prolonged, longest nearly as long as head (males ?); second dorsal and anal elevated. Anal 18-20. Caudal pointed, the middle rays longer than the head. Pectoral without free, silk-like rays, nearly as long as head. Pelvics extending nearly to vent. Yellowish brown, with about 5 dark spots along each side and usually with traces of a row of similar spots along back just below dorsal fins; fins more or less dusky distally; indistinct greyish bars on spinous dorsal.
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