BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 595 



series of round, brown, blotches along the sides, Pectoral, dorsal 

 and caudal fins with series of brown dots, the former with a small 

 brownish spot on the upper part of the base ; generally a brown 

 cross-streak between the eyes. 

 Port Darwin (Macl. Mus.) 



470. GoBius ALBOPimcTATus, Cuv. & Val. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 25. 



D. 6. 1/9. A. 1/8. L. lat. 35. 



Ten longitudinal series of scales between second dorsal and 

 anal fins. Head broader than high ; no canine teeth. Height 

 of body five-times and a-half in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times and a-third. Snout somewhat longer than the 

 diameter of the eye ; interorbital space narrow. Dorsal fins not 

 very close together, the anterior lower than the posterior, which 

 is nearly as high as the body. The distance of the first dorsal 

 from the eye equals that of the snout from the praeoperculum. 

 Upper pectoral rays silk-like ; the ventral has the basal membrane 

 well developed, and does not extend to the vent. Scales on the 

 nape smaller than those on sides of body. Eeddish-brown (in 

 spirits) marbled with darker, sides of head and body dotted with 

 silvery, the dots forming series along the rows of the scales. 

 Dorsal and caudal fins greyish, dotted with black, the dots forming 

 three series on the anterior dorsal, and two on the posterior ; the 

 other fins uniform greyish. 



Port Essington. Port Darwin. 



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471. G-OBius CRiNiGEE, Cuv. & Val. 



Eichards, Yoy. Ereb. and Terr., p. 2, pi. 1, f. 3-4. — Gunth., Cat, 

 Fishes III., p. 29. 



B. 4. D. 6. 1/9. A. 1/9. L. lat. 34. 



Nine series of scales between second dorsal and anal fins. 

 Height of body one-sixth of total length, length of head one- 

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