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than the soft and lower than the body ; caudal obtuse. Green, 

 spotted with violet ; cheeks with oblique violet streaks. The rays 

 of the dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins dotted with brown ; the spi- 

 nous dorsal blackish above. {Bleek.) 

 Rivere of Padang (Sumatra). 



49. Gobius sumatranus. 



Bleeker, Sumaira, iv. p. 83. 



D. 6 ||. A. \. L. lat. 25. 



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

 of the head one-foiu'th ; the head is depressed, broader than high ; 

 the snout pointed, very slightly convex, with the lower jaw longest! 

 The eyes are very close together, their diameter being one-fourth of 

 the length of the head. The cleft of the mouth is oblique ; the teeth 

 of the outer series enlarged. Head naked. The second dorsal equals 

 the body in height, and is higher than the first ; the upper pectoral 

 rays silk-like ; caudal rounded. Brownish-green, with brown and 

 green points ; fins orange-coloui'ed, variegated with brown, {Bleek.) 



Sea of Padang (Sumatra). 



50. Gobius phaiospilosoma. 



Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blemi. en Gob. p. 30. 

 D. 6 ||. A. i-. L. lat. 20. 



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

 the length of the head four times and a half; the head Ls rather de- 

 pressed, broader than high ; snout somewhat pointed. The eyes are 

 very close together, their diameter being one-fourth of the length of 

 the head. The cleft of the mouth is oblique ; teeth of the outer 

 series enlarged. The fii-st dorsal is as high as the body; caudal 

 rounded. Greenish, with a longitudinal series of six brown spots ; 

 a black band from the eye to the maxillary ; the second dorsal and 

 the caudal variegated. {Bleeh.) 



Coasts of East Java and Madura. 



Dr. V. Bleeker has lately referred this species as a doubtful sjtio- 

 nym to O. hokius, Bleek., or O. giwis, nob. (Enumer. Spec. p. 117). 



51. Gobius semidoliatus. 

 Cuv. <^ Val. xii. p. 67. 



D. 6 I i-. A. K 



Canine teeth none. The second dorsal spine is somewhat elon- 

 gate, its height being equal to that of the body. Deep chestnut- 

 brown, with pale bands edged with black : two before and two be- 

 tween the eyes, three on the neck, and two below the first dorsal ; 

 three on the cheek, one on the operculum, and one on the shoulder 

 before the pectoral. {Vol.) 



Sea of Vanicolo. (Red Sea.) 



