20 GOBIID.'E. 



30. Gobius hemigymnopomus. 



Bleeher, Act. Sue. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i., Manado en Makassar, p. 50. 

 D. 6 I ^. A. i-. L. lat. 32. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and a half ; the head 

 is as broad as high ; the snout obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye, 

 with the jaws nearly equal anteriorly. The eyes are very close to- 

 gether, and the length of their diameter is contained thi'ee times and 

 a half in that of the head. The teeth of the outer series are enlarged. 

 The upper part of the sides of the head scaly, the lower naked. 

 Dorsal fins half as high as the body ; the upper pectoral rays sUk- 

 like ; caudal rounded. Greenish, spotted with brown ; two brown 

 longitudinal streaks on the side of the head ; an irregular longitu- 

 dinal band on the side of the body ; dorsal and anal fins with two 

 series of round black spots. (Bleelc.) 



Seas of Macassar and BUiton. 



31. Gobius biocellatus. 

 Ctiv. ^- Val. xii. p. 73. 



D-6|^. A.I. 



Snout elongate, depressed. Head broader than high. Canine 

 teeth none. The height of the body is one-seventh of the total 

 length. Greyish-brown, with brown stripes along the series of 

 scales ; five or six clouded spots on the sides ; the first dorsal with 

 two black, white-edged spots — one between the first and second 

 spines, the other between the fifth and sixth ; anal brownish, with 

 white spots ; caudal dotted with brown. {Yal.') 



PoncQcheiTy. 



32. Gobius lentiginosus. 



Richards. Icldh. Voy. Ereb. &i Terr. p. .3. pi. 1. figs. 5, 6. 

 D. 6 I ;j^. A. -i-. L. lat. 26. 



Six longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and the 

 anal fin. The head is about as high as broad. Eyes very close to- 

 gether, of moderate size ; snout moderately long, with the lower jaw 

 prominent. Head naked. Teeth small. The anterior dorsal is rather 

 lower than the posterior, which is as high as the body. Caudal 

 slightly rounded ; none of the pectoral rays silk-like. Honey- 

 yellow, marbled and spotted with blackish-broMTi and dotted with 

 white ; a dark spot at the root of the caudal fin ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins dotted with black ; anal and ventrals immaculate. 



Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 



a. Bay of Islands. Presented by Lieut. A. Smith. 



b, c. Not good state. Bay of Islands. Presented by the Lords of 



the Admiralty. — Tyjjes of the species. 



