1. GOBITJS. 65 



t. Adult : bad state. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 

 f-g. Fine specimens. Eorneo. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 h. Adult. 



120. Gobius gymnopomus. 

 Bleeker, Sumatra, ii. p. 270. 



D. 6 I f. A. f. L. lat. 46-50. 



The height of the body is contained six times and three-quarters 

 in the total length, the length of the head live times and one-third. 

 The head is higher than broad, its width being oiie-lialf of its length. 

 The width of the interorbital space is one-half the diameter of tlie 

 eye, which is contained three times and two-thirds in the length of 

 the head. Crown of the head scaly, its sides naked. The teeth of 

 the outer series are enlarged ; canine teeth none. Jaws equal an- 

 teriorly. The anterior dorsal is about as high as the body, the 

 second and third spines being the longest ; the posterior part of the 

 second dorsal higher than the body ; caudal rounded. Green, spotted 

 with bro^vn : three brown angular cross-bands between the back and 

 the anal fin, the angle being directed backwards ; a brown cross-band 

 below the eye. The anterior dorsal violet ■«'ith a yellow longitudinal 

 band, and with yellow dots above it ; the posterior spotted with 

 yellow, and with a yellow line along the margin ; pectorals yellow, 

 with a black spot on the upper part of the base ; ventrals violet ; 

 anal with an orange-coloured line along the margin ; caudal spotted 

 with green superiorly and with a yellow and reddish-violet margin. 

 {Bleek.) 



Seas of Priaman and Java. 



121. Gobius bnumeus. 

 Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 142. pi. 74. lig. 2. 



D. 6 I 10. A. 8. 



The height of the body is about one-sixth of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-fourth. The snout is moderately long, its 

 length being three times and a half in that of the head ; the cleft 

 of the mouth oblique, with the lower jaw prominent. Teetli very 

 small ; scales of moderate size. Caudal rounded ; the second and 

 thii'd dorsal spines are the longest, lower than the body. Dark 

 brown : back and all the fins dotted with blackish ; the first dorsal 

 with two broad brown bands. {Schleg.) 



Bay of Nagasaki. 



122. Gobius annularis. 



Chsenogobius annularis, Gill in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vii. 

 1859, p. 12. 



D. 6 I 9. A. 8. 



Scales small, cycloid ; head and sides of the neck naked. Body 

 elongate, its height being one-seventh, and the length of the head 



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