28 GOBIIDJi. 



41. Gobius nox. 



Bhekcr, Blcnn. en Ouh. p. 248. 



D. 6 I i. A. 4-. L. lat. 30. 



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

 times in the total length, the length of the head four times to four 

 times and a half ; the head is a little broader than high ; the dia- 

 meter of the eye is contained three times or three times and a half 

 in the length of the head ; the width of the interorbital space less 

 than one-half the diameter of the eye. The cleft of the mouth is 

 oblique, with the jaws equal anteriorly ; teeth of the outer series 

 enlarged ; canine teeth none. Dorsal fins lower than the body ; the 

 upi)er pectoral rays silk-like ; caudal rounded. Entirely deep brown 

 or black. {Bhel-.) 



Coasts of West Sumatra, Nias, and Solor. 



42. Gobius filosns. 



Cha: ^- Val. xii. p. 78. 



D.6|j. K.\. 



The height and the width of the body at the pectoral fins are one- 

 sixth of the total length, the length of the head nearly, one-fourth. 

 The head is one-fonrth loss broad, and one-half less high, than long ; 

 the snout is dejjressed, obtuse, with the lower jaw prominent. The 

 eyes are on the upper surface of the head ; their diameter equals the 

 width of the interorbital space, and is one-sixth of the length of the 

 head. Canine teeth none ; the teeth of the outer series very slightly 

 enlarged. The second dorsal spine filiform, sometimes twice as high 

 as the body ; caudal somewhat pointed ; the upper pectoral rays are 

 silk-like ; the basal membrane of the ventral well developed. 

 Yellowish-brown, irregularly spotted with darker : dorsal fins with 

 longitudinal series of brown dots, the caudal with cross-series on the 

 middle rays ; anal with the margin white. {Val.) 



lie de France. 



43. Gobius apogonius. 



Cant. Catal. p. 182. 



D. 6 ||. A. -i-. L. lat. 25. 



Ten longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and the 

 a|ial. The height of the body is two-sevenths of the total length, 

 the length of the head one-fom-th ; the head is depressed, wth the 

 muzzle broad and rounded ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of 

 the length of the head, and equals the width of the interorbital space. 

 The cleft of the mouth is oblique, with the lower jaw slightly pro- 

 jecting beyond the upper. Canine teeth none. The midcUe rays of 

 the anterior dorsal prolonged, as high as, or higher than, the body ; 

 caudal loundcd ; the upper rays of the pectoral silk-like. Bufi"- 

 coloured, with several, sometimes interrupted, black spots ; on the 



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