594 DESCEIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ATJSTRALIAN FISHES, 



468. GoBius ORNATUs, Eiipp. 



Guntli., Cat. Fishes III., p. 21. 



G, inter stinctus, Eichards, Yoy. Ereb. and Terr., p. 3, pi. 5, f. 3-6. 



D. 6. 1/10-11. A. 1/8-9. L. lat. 26. 



Seven longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal 

 and the anal fin. The height of the body is six or seven times 

 in the total length, the length of the head four times and a-half ; 

 the head is rather broader than high, its width being one and 

 a-half times in its length. The eyes are very close together ; 

 their diameter is three times and a-half in the length of the head. 

 Snout obtuse, convex, as long as the eye. Crown of the head 

 scaly. The cleft of the mouth scarcely oblique, the jaws about 

 equal in length. All the teeth very small. Dorsal fins somewhat 

 lower than the body ; caudal rounded ; the upper rays of the 

 pectoral silk-like. Green, with numerous brown spots and yellow 

 dots ; all the fins, except the ventrals, dotted with black. 



Port Darwin. North-west Australia. 



469. GoBius GiURis, Buch. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 21. Many synonyms. 



B. 4. D. 6/9. A. 1/8. L. lat. 30-33. Vert. 11/16. 



Nine or ten scales between the second dorsal and analfins. Snout 

 elongate, depressed, with the lower jaw prominent ; head broader 

 than high ; the teeth of the -outer series enlarged ; no canines. 

 Scales of neck much smaller than those on sides of body. The 

 height of the body is one sixth or one-seventh of the total length ; 

 the length of the head one-fourth. The interorbital space is fiat ; 

 and in immature specimens narrow. Dorsal fins about as high 

 as the body, the spines sometimes a little prolonged in adults. 

 The distance of the first dorsal from the eye, about equals that 

 of the snout from the prseoperculum. No silk-like pectoral rays ; 

 the ventrals reach nearly to the vent. YeUowish-brown with 

 more or less distinct brown bands across the back and with a 



