BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 601 



D. 6/12. A. 9. L. lat. 29. 



Height of body about five times in the total length ; bead four 

 times ; eye less tban four times in tbe length of the head ; no 

 canines ; scales very large and strongly ciliated. General colour 

 light grey, with four longitudinal lines of well defined, oblong, 

 black spots, between which are numerous small white dots, placed 

 irregularly ; belly white ; all the fins dark with transverse lines 

 of white points ; ventrals black. 



Queensland (Castelnau). 



483. GoBius BuccATus, Cuv. & Yal. 



Q-unth., Cat. Fishes III., p. 14. 



D. 6. 1/11. A. 1/10. 



Cheeks swollen. Head as broad as long and one-third broader 

 than high and one-fourth of the total length. Mouth nearly 

 vertical. The diameter of the eye is one-sixth of the length of 

 the head, and one-half of the width of the interorbital space. 

 None of the pectoral rays silk-like. Scales moderate. Entirely 

 reddish-brown, fins minutely spotted. 



Sydney (Macl. Mus.) 



484. GoBiTJS GiBBOsrs, n. sp. 



D. 6/10. A. 10. L. lat. 25. 



Head higher than its length, broad and rounded in front, with 

 the eyes small and two diameters apart ; the snout is very round, 

 the mouth in the centre, small and very oblique, teeth small and 

 very acute with small canines in the lower jaw. Height of body 

 about one-fourth of total length ; tail rounded. Scales large, 

 slightly ciliated, the top of the head and nape as far as the first 

 dorsal entirely naked. Colour uniform reddish-yellow, fins a 

 a little obscure. 



Endeavour Eiver (Macl.sMus.) 



