BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 687 



Teeth small without canines. Upper pectoral rays free, silky. 

 Head broad behind, obtusely pointed in front. Mouth rather 

 oblique. Jaws equal. Caudal a little pointed. Dorsal and anal 

 elongate, pointed ; ventral with basal membrane well developed 

 and reaching the vent. Maxillary reaching to or a little beyond 

 the fore edge of the eye. Pale to dark brown, preoperculum 

 in dark specimens light brown. Both opei'cles and base of pectoral 

 with white spots which may extend on the chest and rarely on the 

 body as simple or ocellated spots. Pale examples with broad zig- 

 zag markings across the body, one beneath the first dorsal extending 

 upwards across the fin and with faint bars across the head. Dark 

 specimens nearly uniform or with three or four bands across the 

 back leaving oval interspaces. The dorsals always broadly edged 

 with white. 



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



GOBIUS PAUPER. 



D. 6, 1/11. A. 1/11. Lat. 30 (circa ) Tr. 10. 

 The height of the body is 6}, the length of the head 4§ in the 

 total length. Orbit 3, snout 4^ in the length of the head. Inter- 

 orbit very narrow. Head narrower and lower than long. Snout 

 obtuse, rounded. Pectorals without silk- like rays. No canines. 

 Mouth horizontal. Yentral reaching the vent. Caudal obtusely 

 pointed. Nape scaly. Scales deciduous. Yellowish. A black bar 

 descends from the orbit to behind the angle of the mouth. Two or 

 three broad faint cross bars on the body. Vertical fins marked 

 with light, and on the spines spotted with dark chestnut. A dark 

 spot at the base of the caudal. 



Locality, Moreton Bay. Collected by Mr. A. Macpherson. 



GOBIUS FESTIVUS. 



D. 6 1/9. A. 1/9. Lat. 32-34. Tr. 12. 

 The height of the body is 5£, the length of the head 4J- in the 

 total length. Orbit 3, snout 5, interorbit 9, in the length of the 

 head. The breadth of the head nearly equals its height, and is £ 



