688 NEW FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 



of its length. Caudal rounded. No distinct canines. First upper 

 pectoral rays free, silky. Head and nape naked above but a 

 strip of rudimentary scales runs forward to the orbit. Upper 

 profile of head very convex. Maxillary i*eaches nearly to the 

 middle of the orbit. Jaws equal. First dorsal lower than the 

 second, central reaching beyond the vent. Grey, a dark bar from 

 the orbit to the upper lip. A second over the eyes to the end of 

 the maxillary, two over the nape becoming confluent on the 

 operculum ; one behind each of the dorsals, each terminating in a 

 large spot on the sides ; a third bar or spot on the root of the 

 caudal. The dorsal cross bands are frequently obsolete, the three 

 large lateral spots becoming more conspicuous. First dorsal with 

 a submesial brown band, the second with large brown spots. 

 Anal with a dark edged hyaline band at the base. Caudal finely 

 spotted, ventral white, immaculate. 



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



GOBIUS ANNULATUS. 



D. 6/15. A. 15. Lat. 57. Tr. 20. 

 The height of the body and the length of the head each 4 J in 

 the total length. Orbit 4#, snout 3 in the length of the head. 

 Interorbit § of the orbit. A distinct canine on each side of the 

 lower jaw. Head much higher than broad. Jaws equal, maxillary 

 not reaching the fore edge of the orbit. Head naked, nuchal 

 scales small. Spines of first dorsal filamentose, but lower than 

 body. The distance of the first dorsal from the eye equals that of 

 the snout from the preoperculum. Violet green, with five dark 

 cross bands on the body, about as wide as the interspaces. The 

 bands are edged with a black within a silver streak; the first 

 descends between the root of the pectoral and the vent, the last on 

 the root of the caudal. Three rows of oblong and round dark 

 edged silvexy spots on the cheeks, operclesand base of pectoral. A 

 large black spoc on the first dorsal, between the 4th to 6th spines. 

 Second dorsal black edged with a pale infra-marginal line. Caudal 

 yellow at base, black edged with a small spot on the upper part of 

 the base. Pectoral yellow, ventral dark. A large black spot on 

 the shoulder. 



