32 GOBIID^. 



52. Gobius pasuruensis. 



Sleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 32, 

 D. 6|3^. A.^. L.lat. 20. 



The height of the hody is one-seventh of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-fifth ; the head is twice as long and hroad, 

 as hio-h. Eyes very close together, their diameter being two-sevenths 

 of the length of the head. Canine teeth none ; cleft of the mouth 

 oblique, extending to below the eye. The fu'st dorsal is lower than 

 the body ; caudal obtusely rounded, its length being nearly one-fifth 

 of the total. Green. (Bl.^ 



Coast of Pasuruan ; entering rivers. 



It would appear that this Goby is distinguished by very large scales ; 

 but we must remark, that the short description was di-awn up by 

 Dr. V. Bleeker at an early period, without being afterwards revised. 



53. Gobius hoevenii. 



Bleeker, Borneo, v. p. 426. 



D. 6 I y. A. y. L. lat. 30. 



The heio-ht of the body is contained five times in the total length, 

 the leno-th of the head four times and a half ; the head is somewhat 

 broader than high ; the snout obtuse, convex, not longer than the 

 eye the diameter of which is contained three times and a half in the 

 length of the head, and equal to the width of the interorbital space. 

 The cleft of the mouth is scarcely oblique, with the jaws equal an- 

 teriorly, the maxillary extending to below the orbit. Teeth very 

 small. Dorsal fins lower than the body ; caudal rounded. Greenish, 

 varieo-ated with blackish ; the anterior dorsal black at the base, and 

 with "a white band along the middle; the posterior dorsal with a 

 series of brown spots along the base ; the other fins green. (Bleek.) 



Elvers of Sambas (Borneo). 



54. Gobius tambujon. 

 Bleeker, Banten, p. 319. 



D. 6||. A.-i-. L.lat. 25-26. 



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

 half in the total length, the length of the head four times or four 

 times and a third ; the height of the head is three-fourths or five- 

 sevenths of its length ; snout obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye, 

 which is one-third of the length of the head ; eyes very close to- 

 gether ; cleft of the mouth very oblique, the maxillary extending to 

 below the posterior half of the eye. Teeth of the outer series en- 

 larged in the upper jaw ; canines none. The thii'd dorsal spine is 

 the longest ; caudal rounded. Green, with two series of alternate 

 brownish spots ; dorsal with two or three longitudinal, caudal with 

 four or five transverse brownish stripes. (Bh) 



Kivers Panimbang and Tjiliwong (Java). Rivers of Bali. 



