606 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ATJSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Scales small anteriorly, becoming larger on tlie tail ; tlie height 

 of the body is one-seventh of the length (without caudal), the 

 length of the head one-fourth. The head is one-third longer 

 than high, and one third higher than broad ; the eyes are very 

 close together, their diameter being one-fifth of the length of the 

 head. Mouth oblique, the maxillary extending to below the 

 middle of the eye, teeth of the outer series enlarged. The length 

 of the caudal fin is one-fourth of the total, and is elongate and 

 pointed. Greyish brown, clouded with darker, a brown spot at 

 the root of the caudal fin, another at the base of the pectoral ; 

 dorsals with five reticulated lines. 



Australia (Gunther). 



493. GoBius CRAssiLABRis, Guuth. 



Gunth., Cat. FishcKS III., p. 63. — Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1867, XX., p. 61. 



D. 6/11. A. 11. L. lat. 60. 



Fifteen series of scales between the second dorsal and anal fins. 

 Height of body six times and a-half in total length ; length of 

 head three times and a-half. Head flat, depressed, as broad as 

 high; snout elongate; cleft of mouth horizontal, upper jaw 

 longest, lips thick ; teeth small ; the maxillary reaches to or 

 slightly beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. 

 The width of the interorbital space equals the diameter of the eye, 

 which is one-sixth of the length of the head. Head naked, scales 

 of body smaller anteriorly. The dorsal fins lo \ver than the body, 

 caudal rounded, ventrals short, with a broad basal membrane. 

 Yellowish or brownish, sides of head and body with irregular 

 black spots, forming a band from the pectorals to the tail, at the 

 root of which there is a round, deep, black spot ; a black streak 

 superiorly on the base of the pectoral. Dorsal, caudal, and 

 pectoral fins dotted with brown, the dots being arranged in 



