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similar one along the base ; second dorsal and caudal with series of 

 whitish spots ; anal with a snbtenninal reddish- white band ; the 

 posterior pointed part of this fin, as well as the outer haK of the ven- 

 trals and pectorals, blackish. 

 Sea of Pinang. 



a. Type of the species : skin : not good state. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



37. Gobins albo-pxtnctatus. 



Gobius albo-punctatus, Cuv. Sf Veil. xii. p. 57. 



padang-ensis, Bleek. Blenn. en Gob. p. 249. 



nebulo-pimctatus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 139. 



punctillatiis, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 1-38, and iV". W. Fische, p. 138. 



D. 6 ||. A. \. L. lat. 35. 



Ten longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and the 

 anal fins. Head broader than high ; canine teeth none. Tlie height 

 of the body is contained five times and a half in the total length, the 

 length of the head four times and a third. ISnout somewhat longer 

 than the diameter of the eye ; interorbital space narrow. Dorsal 

 fins not very close together ; the anterior lower than the posterior, 

 which is nearly as high as the body. The distance of the fij\st dorsal 

 from the eye equals that of the snout from the praeoperculum. 

 Upper pectoral rays silk-like ; the ventral has the basal membrane 

 well developed, and does not extend on to the vent. Scales on the 

 nape of the neck smaller than those on the side of the body. Red- 

 dish-brown (in spirits), marbled with darker ; sides of the head and 

 body dotted with silvery, the dots forming series along the rows of 

 the scales. Dorsal and caudal fins grejish, dotted with black, the 

 dots forming three series on the anterior dorsal and two on the pos- 

 terior ; the other fins uniform grejdsh. 



Eed Sea ; Indian Ocean ; Feejee Islands ; Port Essington. 



a. Adult. Egj'pt. Presented by J. Burton, Esq. 



h, c-e. Adult and half-grown. China. Presented by Captain Sir 



E. Belcher, C.B. 

 f-f/, h-l: Fine specimens. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 

 I, ni. Half-grown and young : not good state. Port Essing-ton. 



From the Haslar Collection. 

 n-q. Young. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 r. Adult. 



Variety : L. lat. 37-40. Dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins blackish, 

 with series of whitish dots. 



a. Adult. Voyage of H.M.S. Chanticleer, 



b. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



G. nehulo-punctatus, Riipp., is identical with G. alho-ptmctatus, 

 Cuv. & Val., as I have convinced myself by examination of the 

 typical specimen in the Senckenberg Museum. G. punciillatus, 

 Riipp., is the same species. 



