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59. — GOBIUS MAXILLARIS, N. SP. PI. IX, fig. 2. 



D. 6/n, A. 1/9. 



Height of body nearly five times in the total length ; length 

 of head nearly one-third of the same ; mouth large, the under 

 jaw longest, the maxillary reaching nearly to the angle of 

 the prseoperculum ; eyes lateral but very close together ; spinous 

 dorsal higher than the body ; the first spine much the 

 longest ; the general colour is a pale reddish or yellowish brown, 

 with a few indistinct crossbars of a deeper brown ; the fins have 

 a blackish tinge but are without spots ; the opercles are dotted 

 with minute spots. 



Length about 2| inches 



60. — GOBIUS ALBOPUNCTATUS. 



Cuv. and Val. Hist. Nat. des Poiss., Vol. XII, p. 57 ; Gunth. 

 Cat. Fish., Vol. Ill, p. 25. 



61. — Apocryptes bivittatus, n. sp. PI. IX, fig. 5. 



D. 6/is, A. 16. 



Height one-fourth of the total length ; length of head one- 

 fifth of same ; snout short, about the diameter of the orbit 

 from the eye ; mouth nearly horizontal ; maxillary reaching 

 to the anterior third of the eye ; tail rather pointed ; dorsal fins 

 nearly continuous ; two canines in the lower jaw curved and hori- 

 zontal ; space between the eyes flat and wider than the orbit ; 

 colour yellowish with a dark vitta from the muzzel through the 

 eye and continued more or less distinctly to the back near the tail, 

 and another from the lower jaw through the root of the pectoral 

 fin to the root of the tail ; the fins are unspotted but the dorsal 

 and anal are slightly washed with black. Some specimens are 

 obscurely marked with transverse bands. 



Length about 4 inches. 



62. — GOBIOSOMA GUTTULATUM, N. SP. PI. IX, fig. 6. 



D. 5/26, A. 25. 



Height one-twelfth of the total length ; head one-seventh 

 of the same ; head rounded in front ; eyes small, superior 

 and not their diameter apart ; mouth horizontal ; teeth acute ; 



