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the caudal faintly spotted with, brown, the spots most distinct on 

 the first ray of each. 



Port Jackson. Specimens about one and a-half inches long. 



487. GrOBIIJS SCABRICEPS, n. sp. 



D. 6/10. A. 10. L. lat. 24. 



Height of body one-fourth of the total length. Head higher 

 than long, very convex above and very round in front ; the space 

 between the eyes equal to more than twice their diameter, mouth 

 small, very oblique ; chin very convex. Scales large, none on 

 the head, nape, and along the back at base of dorsal fins, the 

 head entirely covered with cutaneous short thread-like filaments, 

 thickest and longest on the under part of the head; the membranes 

 of the fins thick and opaque ; the tail rounded ; pectorals large ; 

 ventrals forming a very round disk . Colour uniform reddish-brown . 



Endeavour Eiver (Macl. Mus.). One and a-haK inches long. 



A very remarkable form, approaching nearest to G. gillosus, 

 mihi. 



488. GrOBIUS NIGROOCELLATUS, Guuth. 



Journ. Mus. Godefi., Heft. II., p. 101. 

 D. 6. 1/10. A. 1/9. L. lat. 27. 



Eight longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal 

 fin and the anal. The scales behind the head are a little smaller 

 than those of the body. The height of the body is one-fifth of 

 the entire length, without the caudal fin, the length of the head 

 one-fourth. The eyes close together, of moderate size. Mouth 

 small, horizontal with overlapping upper jaw. Strong curved 

 canine teeth on the side of the under jaw. Snout shorter than 

 the eye. The upper rays of the pectoral fin silk-like ; the fin 

 itself as long as the head. All the fin-rays flexible, those of the 

 second dorsal about as high as the body beneath them. Caudal 

 fin of moderate length and rounded. The ventral fins reach 

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