48 G0BI1D.1!. 



91. Gobius mystacinus. 

 Ctw. Sf Val. xii. p. 124. 



The mcaxillaries are produced iiosteriorly, extending to the prte- 

 opcrculum. The height of the body is contained five times and a 

 half in the total length, the length of the head four times. Canine 

 teeth none. Caudal fin somewhat pointed. Scales of moderate size. 

 Yello\vish-hrown, with indistinct cross-bars. {Val.) 



Java. 



This species appears to bo the type of a separate genus. 



B. Scales rather small, fifty or more in a longitudinal series. 

 1. A tentacle above the orbit : Oxyiirichthys, part., Bleek. 



92. Gobius tentacularis. 



Gobius tentacularis, Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 128 ; Bleeker, Java, ii. p. 434, 



macrmnis, Bleeker; Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en 



Gob. p. 35. 

 Oxyurichthys tentacularis, Bleeker, Enum. Spec. p. 120. 



D. 6 I :j^. A. :!. L. lat. 60-70. 



A simple tentacle above the orbit, as long as the eye. The height 

 of the body is contained seven times to nine times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head six times and a half to seven 

 times. Eyes very close together. Canine teeth none. Greenish, 

 spotted with reddish. 



Coasts of Java, Madura, and Sumatra. 



93. Gobius ophthalmonema. 



Gobius ophthalmonema, Bleeker, Tenuiie, viii. p. 208. 

 Oxjiiriclithys ophthalmouema, Bleeker, Eniim. Spec. p. 120. 



D. 6 I ^. A. 3^. L. lat. 55. 



A simple tentacle above the orbit, shorter than the eye. The 

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

 length of the head five times and a half ; the head is higher than 

 broad ; the snout obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye. The eyes 

 are very close together, and their diameter is three-tenths of the 

 lengtii of the head (?). Gape oblique, with the jaws equal ; teeth of 

 the outer series enlarged ; canine teeth none. Head naked. The 

 first dorsal spine is produced into a filament, the posterior dorsal fin 

 lower than the body ; caudal rhomboidal, its lengtii being more than 

 one-fourth of the total. Olive, with five brownish blotches along 

 the side ; dorsal fins with two series of blackish dots ; pectorals and 

 the upper half of tlie caudal black-dotted; ventral and anal brown. 

 {Bleek.) 



Sea of Ternate. 



