24 GOBIIDiE. 



pubic is a sinijjle, styliform, concave hone attached to the humeral 

 process above mentioned by an intermediate cartilage. 



The posteiior portion of the occipital bone is produced, tubiform. 

 There are eleven abdominal and sixteen caudal vertebrte, the length 

 of the former portion of the vertebral column being to that of the 

 caudal as 1 : 1-24. Ribs and processes of the vertebrae feeble. 



The peculiarities of the skeleton of the typical species of Gobius 

 appear to consist — 



1. In the flat and broad fonn of the crown of the head, together 

 vnth a very narrow orbital portion of the frontal bones. 



2. In the form of the different pieces of the lower jaw. 



3. In the incomplete ossification of the infraorbitals and of the 

 t}-m panic bones, there being a large free space in the tympanic 

 groove. 



4. In the articulation of the pubic bones \nth the humerus. 



5. In the broad glosso-hyal. 



6. In the comparatively small number of vertebrEe. 



35. Gobius viridi-punctatus. 



Nuna Motta, Russell, i. p. 41. pi. 52. 



Gobius viridi-punctatus, Cuv. i^- Val. xii. p. 62. 



D.6|f„. A.|. 



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

 of the head one-fourth. 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. Lateral teeth slightly enlarged, canine-like. Scales 

 large ; those on the neck small. None of the pectoral rays silk-like ; 

 two series of minute warts on the cheek. Yellowish-brown, with 

 paler dots on the sides ; a scries of four- or five deep-brown spots 

 along the sides ; dorsal vrith a bro-uoi longitudinal streak in its upper 

 third ; ventral and anal blackish. ( Val.) 



Coast of Coromandel ; Bombay. 



36. Gobius sublitus. 



Cant. Catal. p. 181. 



D. 6 ||. A. \. L. lat. 38. 



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

 total length, the length of the head four- times ; the head is rather 

 elongate, higher than broad, its depth being one-third of its length ; 

 snout rather pointed ; the eyes are very close together, and occupy 

 the second quarter of the length of the head ; cleft of the mouth wide, 

 obliqtie ; teeth card-like. The four anterior dorsal spines are nearly 

 equal in height ; the fifth is somewhat produced ; the second dorsal as 

 high as the body ; caudal a little pointed ; none of the pectoral rays 

 silk-like. Brownish-grey, with six parallel bi-o^Tiish longitudinal 

 streaks ; anterior dorsal with a central whitish curved band, and a 



