612 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



G-enus Gobiosoma, Girard. 



Scales none. Body elongate, cylindrical ; head not compressed ; 

 teeth small, villif orm or cardif orm. Two dorsal fins, the posterior 

 of greater extent. Anal similar to the soft dorsal ; venti'als 

 united to a disk, which is not attached to the belly. Gill opening 

 vertical, of moderate width, the gill membrane being united to 

 the isthmus. 



Chiefly Atlantic Coasts of America. 



504. Gobiosoma guttulatum, Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. II., p. 357, pi. 9, fig. 6. 

 Port Darwin. 



Genus Gobiodon, Bleek. 



Body oblong, more or less compressed, naked ; head large, 

 elevated ; gill-openings of moderate width ; generally two canine 

 teeth near the symphysis of the lower jaw. Two dorsal fins ; 

 ventral fins united. 



Coral Seas. 



505. GoBioDON VERTicALis, All. & Macl. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. I., p. 333, pi. 12, fig. 4. 

 Darnley Island (Ohevert Exp.), in coral. 



506. GOBIODON CERAMENSIS, Blcck. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes IH., p. 88.— Journ. Godeff., Heft. XIII., p. 

 182, pi. 109, f. D. 



D. 6. 1/10. A. 1/9. 



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

 length of the head four times and a-half. Head compressed, as 

 high as long ; snout obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye. Lower 

 jaw with smaU canine teeth. Dorsal fins much lower than the 



