602 DESCRIPTIYE CATALOGUE OF ATJSTRALIAN FISHES, 



In the blunt rounded head this species has much the appearance 

 of a Goliodon, My sj)ecimens are from one to two inches in length. 



485. GOBIUS LATERALIS, 71. Sp. 



D. 6/9. A. 9. L. lat. 30. 



Height of body one-seventh of the total length. Head some- 

 what flat ; the eyes oval, close together and looking upwards ; 

 mouth slightly oblique ; teeth minute ; no canines. Tail pointed, 

 wedge-shaped ; the posterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins 

 somewhat elongate, reaching to the caudal. Colour reddish- 

 yellow, indistinctly dotted and mottled with brown, on the head 

 there are also some lighter markings, the colour not showing in 

 spirit specimens, along the middle of each side of the body there 

 are five large, reddish-brown spots, the last on the root of the tail ; 

 the dorsal fins are both speckled with brown, the first spine of the 

 first dorsal with a black blotch ; the caudal has on its upper haK 

 about eight transverse series of brownish dots; the anal is margined 

 with black ; the ventrals are slightly blackish towards the apex, and 

 the pectorals are large, yellow and without spot. 



King George's Sound (Macl. Mus.) 



486. GrOBITJS FLAVIDIIS, n. sp. 



D. 6/11. A. 9. L. lat. 40. 



Height of body about one-sixth of the total length. Head 

 rather flat above, with the eyes near the top and close together ; 

 snout, about equal in length to the diameter of the eye, rounded 

 in front and with thick lips; teeth very small. Scales rather 

 small ; the dorsal fins about half the height of the body, the 

 membranes extending to the extremity of the spines and rays ; 

 tail rounded ; pectoral fins large, the upper rays silk-like. Colour 

 pale reddish-yellow, sometimes mottled with a deei3er shade of 

 yed ; fins white, but not very transparent, the two dorsals and 



