PAPERS READ. 



NEW FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 

 By Chas. W. De Vis, M.A. No. 4. 



GOBIUS PRINCEPS. 



D. 6/11. A. 10. Lat. 40-50. Tr. 13-14. 



The height of the body is 9, the length of the head 44 in the 

 total length. The height of the head is g, the breadth \, of its 

 length. The orbit, interorbit and snout are about i~ in the length 

 of the head. Caudal pointed, sub-elongate. Teeth long, the middle 

 lateral of the lower jaw almost a canine. Head bi'oad behind, 

 tapering to the snout. Lower jaw prominent. Pectorals long, 

 pointed, without silky rays. Dorsal and anal much higher than 

 the body. Head naked. Anterior scales much smaller than the 

 posterior. No crest nor barbels, preopercle unai'med. Pale 

 yellow with five broad nearly black bands across the back and base 

 of caudal, sending confluent lateral processes along the mid-line of 

 the body and vertical processes towards the abdomen. A dark band 

 across the head behind the eyes descends obliquely over the pre- 

 operculum. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th cross bands rise on the dorsals 

 above them. Caudal spotted with dark brown. 



Locality, Cape York. Collected by Mr. K. Broadbent. 



Gobius Watkinsoni. 



D. 6, 1/11. A. 1/10. Lat 32. Tr. 10. 



The height of the body is 7, the length of the head 4| in the 



total length. Orbit 1 \ in the snout, interorbit •£ of orbit. Caudal 1 of 



the total length, pointed. Outer row of teeth enlarged but without 



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