70 • GOBIID.E. 



Family PEDICULATI. 



ANTENNARIUS*, Commers. 



234. Antennarius marmoratus. [418.] 



For synonymy see Gtinth. Fish. iii. p. 185, also Bleek. Atl. Ichth. iv. p. 23, pi. 198. f. 4, and pi. 199. 

 f.l. 



Zanzibar. Seas between the trojrics. 



235. Antennarius nummifer. [102.] 



Chironectes nummifer, Cuv. Mem. Mus. iii. p. 430, pi. 17. f. 4; Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 425 ; Riipp. N.W. 



Fische, p. 141. 

 Antennarius nummifer, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. bid. 1854, Amboina, v. p. 497, and Atl. Ichth. iv. 



p. 18, pi. 198. fig. 2; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 195. 



D. 3 | 11-12. A. 7. P. 12. 

 Aden. Red Sea. East- Indian seas. 



Family GOBIIDiE. 



It is remarkable that so many species of this family, which consists of fish inhabiting 

 the shores of the sea and the mouths of rivers, and which are never met with in the 

 open sea, should be found on both sides of the Indian Ocean. In some instances the 

 Indian and African specimens are identical, and in others the variation between them is 

 very slight indeed. 



GOBIUS, Artedif . 



236. Gobius giuris. [303, 504.] 



Russell, pi. 50, 51, 53. 



Gobius giuris, Buch. Ham. Fishes Ganges, p. 51, pi. 33. f. 15 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 21. 



From a comparison of several fully adult examples from East Africa, from 9 to 14 

 inches long, with specimens from India, we are enabled to confirm an opinion advanced 

 in Dr. Giinther's Catalogue of Fishes, iii. p. 21, that this species inhabits both sides of 

 the Indian Ocean, and that G. platycephalus, Peters, is really identical with G. giuris. 

 This species has been found by Col. Playfair far up rivers on the east coast of Africa 

 and in the sea at Zanzibar. 



Zanzibar. Pangani River. All Indian coasts, entering rivers. 



* Undetermined specimen [419]. f Undetermined specimens [150, 304, 394]. 



