42 GOBiiD.i<;. 



canine tooth on each side of the lower jaw. Scales on the occipnt 

 sraaU. The first dorsal is lower than the body, with the second and 

 third sijines produced into filaments (in the male ?) ; the length of 

 the caudal fin is contained foiu* times and a quarter in the total. 

 Green : tail with a longitudinal series of black spots ; base of the dorsal 

 fins brown-spotted ; anal yeUow at the base and black at the margin ; 

 caudal dotted with black ; pectorals and ventrals greenish. (Bleek.) 

 Coasts and rivers of Madura and Java. 



a. Not good state. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 77. Gobius phaiomelas. 



Sleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 28. 

 D. 6 I :i!j. A. -i-. L. lat. 30. 



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

 total length ; the head is as broad as high ; the length of the diameter 

 of the eye is two-ninths of that of the head, and equals the width of 

 the interorbital space. Teeth of the outer series enlarged ; a pair- of 

 canine teeth. Scales on the occiput small. The first dorsal is lower 

 than the body ; caudal rounded. Brown : fins black or blackish ; the 

 second dorsal and the caudal spotted with darker. (Bleek.) 



Coasts of Madura and Java. 



78. Gobius xanthosoma. 



Gobius xanthosoma, Bleekei; Cermn, ii. p. 703. 

 Gobiodon xanthosoma, Bleeker, Enumer. Spec. p. 120. 



D. 6 I y^. A. -i. L. lat. 22. 



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

 the length of the head thi-ee times and three-quarters ; the head is 

 somewhat higher than broad ; the snout obtuse, convex, shorter than 

 the eye. The width of the interorbital space is less than the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head. Head and 

 neck naked. The cleft of the mouth is very oblique, with the lower 

 jaw rather longer ; teeth of the oxiter series enlarged ; two canine teeth 

 near the symphysis of the lower jaw. Dorsal fins lower than the body ; 

 caudal obtuse. Uniform yeUow ; the first dorsal brown. (Bleek.) 



Coasts of Celebes, Booroo, Amboyna, Coram, and Goram. 



Oohius meJanosoma, Bleek. Ceram, ii. p. 703, is very similar to 

 this species, but uniform black. 



79. Gobius baliuroides. 



Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 26. 



D. 6 I ^. A. \. L. lat. 25 ? 



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

 the length of the head four times and a half ; the head is as broad as 

 high. The eyes arc veiy close together, one-third of the length of 

 the head. The cleft of the mouth is oblique ; a canine tooth on each 

 side of the lower jaw. The first dorsal is as high as the body ; 



