12 NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, 



eye, the inner one being the weaker, and placed farther forward. 

 Lower limb of the preopercle minutely serrated. Teeth small, 

 closely set, in numerous rows. Dorsal spines weak, the first 

 minute, the second greatly elongated, more than half the total 

 length of the body, the fourth serrated at the base : second anal 

 spine elongate, as long as the head : pectorals about equal to the 

 distance between the snout and the hind margin of the eye : caudal 

 forked. Scales minute, none on the chest or breast. Lateral line 

 consists of 62 tubes, and ceases a short distance in front of the 

 caudal fin. Colors, silvery, washed with blue on the back ; sides 

 of the head tinged with gold : snout, and a band from the upper 

 angle of the eye to the opercle, black. 



Length of type specimen inches ; register number B. 9,962. 



We are indebted to the energy of Mr. Henry Smithurst, chief 

 engineer on board the Governor Blackall, for our specimen of this 

 fine Equula. which he obtained at Hood Lagune, New Guinea, and 

 with which we take this opportunity of connecting his name. 



GOBIUS CONCAVIFRONS. Sp. 710V. 



D. 6. 1/10: A. 1/8: V. 1/5 : P. 17 : C. 13 : L. lat. 34 : L. 

 trans. 10. 



Length of head 4^, of caudal fin 4§, height of body 5f in the 

 total length. Diameter of eye 4^ in the length of head, If in that 

 of snout, and jj of a diameter apart ; interorbital space convex : 

 snout obtuse, its profile concave posteriorly. Head rather broader 

 than high and twice as long as broad. Cleft of the mouth rather 

 oblique, the lower jaw the longer. Maxilla barely reaches to the 

 front margin of the eye. Several rows of teeth in both jaws, the 

 outer row being considerably enlarged, especially in front. Third 

 dorsal spine the longest, not so high as the body below it : the 

 pectorals reach to the vent ; the ventrals not so far : caudal 

 moderately pointed ; the anal commences beneath the fourth dorsal 

 ray : anal papilla prominent, broader than long. Scales on the 

 neck much smaller than those on the body ; there are about 20 

 rows anterior to the dorsal fin. Colors, above light brown, many 



