22 GOBIID^. 



Gobiiis fusiformis, Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Geiiootsch. I. c. 



fasciato-pimctatus, Richards. Voy. Sidjth. IcJdh. p. 145. pi. 62. 



figs. 18, 14. 



B. 4. B. 6 -. A.|. L.lat. 30-33. Vert. 11/16. 



Nine or ten longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal 

 and the anal fins. Snout elongate, depressed, with the lower jaw 

 prominent ; head broader than high ; the teeth of the outer series 

 enlarged, canine teeth none. The scales on the neck are much 

 smaller than those on the sides of the body. The height of the body 

 is one-sixth or one-seventh of the total length, the length of the 

 head one-fourth. The interorbital space is flat, of moderate width, 

 broader in large, and narrower in immature specimens. Dorsal fins 

 nearly as high as the body ; the spines of the anterior dorsal some- 

 times a little prolonged in adult specimens. The distance of the first 

 dorsal from the eye nearly equals that of the snout from the prse- 

 operculum. No silk-like pectoral rays ; the ventral extends nearly 

 on to the vent. Yello^vish-brown, with more or less distinct brown 

 bands across the back, alternating with a series of rounded brown 

 blotches situated along the sides of the body. Pectoral, dorsal, and 

 caiidal fuis with series of bro^\^l dots, the former with a small brown- 

 ish spot on the upper part of the base ; generally a brown cross- 

 streak between the eyes. 



Found on aU the East Indian coasts ; entering fresh waters. 



a, h, c. Adult. Ceylon. 



cl-h, i, k. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



I. Fourteen inches long : stuffed. Calcutta. From the Collection 



of the East India Comjiany. 

 m. Adult. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. von Schlagint- 



weit. 

 Vr-p. Young. Bengal. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 

 q. Adult : skin. Fresh waters of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 

 r. Adult : skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection, 

 s, t. Fine specimens. Siam. From M. Mouhot's Collection, 

 u. Large specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 V. Adult. Ceram. From the Collection of Madame Ida Pfeiffer, 

 w. Half-grown. Ceram. Purchased of Mr. Steven. 

 •r. Adult. Borneo. Piu'chased of Mr. Frank. 

 y. Fine specimen. Philippine Islands. 



z. Adult. China Seas. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. 

 a. Adult. Chiaa Seas. Presented by J. E. Reeves, Esq. — Type of 



G. fasciato-pimctatus. 

 (3, y-h, e-d, I, K, \. Adult and half -grown. China. 

 fj., V, i,, o, TT, p. Adult, half-grown, and young. East Indies. 

 (T.Young. Zambeze. From Prof. Peters's Collection as G^o6i't<s^Za- 



tycephalus, Peters. 

 T. Adult male: skeleton. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



