18 GOBIIDiE. 



25. Gobius elegans. 



Gobius elegans, (Knhl8fvan Hass.) Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 58; ? JBIeeker, 



N(dmirk. Tijdschr. Neclerl hid. 1851, i. fig. 10. 

 elegans, var., Cantor, Catal. p. 179. 



D. 6|^. A.-i. L. lat. 36. 



Nine longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and 

 the anal fins. The height of the body is one-sixth of the total 

 length, the length of the head one-fifth. Snout obtuse. The ante- 

 rior dorsal fin is rather lower than the posterior, the height of which 

 equals that of the body. The upper rays of the pectoral fin sUk-like. 

 Caudal rounded. Teeth small, equal in size. Buff-coloured, minutely 

 dotted with brown ; the upper half of the sides with three or four 

 indistinct hues, each formed by a series of very short brown streaks, 

 beneath which a series of inchstinct brown spots ; a blackish spot at 

 the posterior margin of the orbit, a second at the upper part of the 

 root of the pectoral fin, and a third at the lower part of the root, 

 spreading on the gill-menbrane. The membranes of the dorsal fins 

 with three or fovu- indistinct series of blackish spots, and a few 

 similar on the caudal membrane. 



Seas of Pinang, Bombay, Java, New Guinea, and Vanicolo. 



a. Sldn. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Nearly 

 uniform yellowish. The description of the colours has been 

 borrowed from Cantor's description, which was drawn up from 

 this specimen. 



26. Gobius baliurus. 



Gobius baliurus, Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 01 ; Bleeh. Verhand. Batav. Ge- 

 nootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 31. 



D.6|^. A.i-. 



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

 of the head one-fovu-th. The head is half as high and broad as long. 

 The eye is one-fourth of the length of the head ; interorbital space 

 very narrow. Teeth small ; canine teeth none. Scales large. None 

 of the pectoral rays sUk-like ; three or four series of minute warts 

 below the eye. Caudal rounded. Brownish-grey, indistinctly marbled 

 with greyish. Caudal fin with a round brown spot at the base, and 

 with white points • on the rays. Ventral and margin of the anal 

 white. (Val.) 



Seas of Java, Amboyna, and Celebes. 



? a. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank, 

 27. Gobius atherinoides. 



Peters in IViegm. Arch. 1855, p. 254. 



D. 6 I -i. A. ^. L. lat. 26-28. 

 Scales in nine longitudinal series. The height of the body is eon- 



