GOBIIDAE Pseudogobius javanicus, NSMT-P 66098, 1.9 cm SL Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker, 1856) Javanese fat-nose goby D VI - 7; A I, 7; P1 15; LR 25 - 26; PDS 7. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Head slightly depressed; snout projecting beyond upper jaw; interorbital space broad; gill opening not extending anteriorly to a vertical through preopercular margin. Pelvic fins united medially. Scales ctenoid, excepting those on predorsal area, pectoral base, belly and operculum cycloid. Sensory canals and pores absent on head; longitudinal pattern of sensory-papillae rows on cheek; a pair of short sensory papillae just behind chin. Color: head and body pale gray; black spot at posterior part of first dorsal fin. Size: 6.0 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in tidal estuaries, especially mangrove areas with sandy-mud bottoms.