30 GOBIID^. 



e. Skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Type of 



Dr. Cantor's description. 

 /. Adult : very bad state. N.W. coast of Australia. — Type of Sir 



J. Richardson's description. — The tooth described as the canine 



tooth is very small. 

 cf. Adult : bad state. Port Essington. 



46. Gobius cocosensis. 



Sleeker, Kokos-eiland. p. 47. 



D. 6 I ^. A. \. L. lat. 34. 



The height of the body is contained six times in the total length, 

 the length of the head five times and a quarter. The head is nearly 

 as broad as high ; the snout obtuse, convex. The eyes are close to- 

 gether, and their diameter is one-third of the length of the head. 

 Cleft of the mouth oblique ; teeth of the outer seiies enlarged ; ca- 

 nine teeth none. Head and nape of the neck naked. Dorsal fins 

 lower than the body ; caudal rounded ; the upper pectoral rays silk- 

 like. Greenish, clouded with brownish ; head with blue dots ; the 

 rays of the soft dorsal and of the caudal brown-spotted ; the other 

 fins immaculate. (BJeeJc.) 



Sea of New Selma. 



47. Gobius polycynodon. 



BleeJcer, Vei'haiul. Baiav. Gcnootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 25. 

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



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

 of the head one-sixth ; the head is obtuse, flat, with the upper pro- 

 file nearly straight, broader than high. The width of the inter- 

 orbital space equals the diameter of the eye, which is contained three 

 times and a half in the length of the head. Teeth of the outer series 

 enlarged. The first dorsal is higher than the body ; caudal obtuse, 

 of the length of the head. Entirely uniform green. (Bleek.) 



Coast of Pasuruan. 



48. Gobius reichii. 



Bleeker, Sumatra, iii. p. 509. 



D. 6 I -1-. A. |. L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is contained six times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times and three-fifths ; the height and 

 the width of the head are nearly equal to each other, and two -thirds 

 of the length of the head. The eyes are very close together, one- 

 third of the length of the head. Snout obtuse, convex, with the 

 upper jaw scarcely shorter than the lower. The teeth of the outer 

 series are enlarged ; canine teeth none ; cl«ft of the mouth oblique. 

 Sides and crown of the head naked. The spinous dorsal is higher 



