BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 267 



BATRACHID^S. 



333. Batrachus dubius White. 

 Gunth. Cat. 3 p. 169. Richards. Voy. Ereb. and Terr. Fishes 

 p. 16, PI. 10, 



South East Coast. Apparently identical with the Australian 

 species. 



COTTINA. 



Young specimens of Platycephalus Quoyi from several places. 



gobiid^:. 



334, Gobius ornatus. Riipp. 

 Gunth. Cat. 3 p. 21. G. interstinctus Richards. Voy. Ereb. and 

 Terr. p. 3, PI., 5 figs. 3-6. 



" Sumato " of the natives. Milne Bay. 



335, Gobius maculipinnis. n. sp. 

 D. 7/11. A 10. L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is one sixth of the total length, and is 

 about equal to the length of the head ; the snout is convex and 

 obtuse ; the eyes are near the top of the head, and less than half 

 their diameter apart ; the space between the eye and the snout is 

 equal to one and a-half diameter of the orbit. The mouth is small, 

 the cheek is scaley with two impressed lines running from the 

 maxillary backwards for some distance ; the scales are a little 

 pointed at the free end, with lines radiating backwards ; the fin- 

 rays all more or less terminate in filaments, the second dorsal spine 

 very elongate, the caudal is long and pointed. The colour seems 

 to have been greenish yellow, with bluish spots ; the fins are all 

 spotted brown and white, excepting the ventrals and anal, which 

 are tinged with black. 



Normanby Island, Fresh water. 



336. Gobius circumspectus. n. sp. 

 D. 7/10. A. 9. L. lat. 30. 



Height of body one-sixth and length of head one-fourth of the 

 total length. Head rather flat, terminating in a rounded muzzle, 

 the lower jaw broader and longer than the upper ; the eyes are close 



