1. GOBIUS. 73 



dorsal spine broadly anniilfitcd with brown, a black spot between 

 the fourth and fifth spines ; tlic second dorsal fin blue-spotted, and 

 with a blue longitudinal line near the margin ; caudal orange- 

 coloured, superiorly and inferiorly violet, superiorly with two oblique 

 blue streaks ; the other fins violet. 



Coasts of Celebes, Nias, Sumatra, and New Holland. 



a. Adult. 



b. Adult. New Holland. 



c-fZ. Adult. Port Essington. From the Haslar Collection. 



Bleeker describes the colours of the specimen, which he pre\dous]y 

 named Gobiiis xanthotcenia, as follows :- — Greenish, \\\t\\ four black 

 spots on the back, and four others on the side ; nine or ten oblique 

 bright-yellow streaks on the body, descending forwards ; head with 

 golden, blue-edged ocelli : dorsal fins with the margin orange- 

 coloiu-ed, the first spotted with yellow and reticulated with blue, 

 and with a blackish spot between the third and fifth spines ; anal 

 mth a series of round yellow spots along the base ; caudal fin with 

 a red and blue longitudinal streak along the middle, and with the 

 upper margin yellow, blue, and orange coloured. 



137. Gobius polyophthalmug. 



Bleeker, Batavia, p. 474. 



D.6|^. A.^. L.lat.85. 



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

 in the total length, the length of the head five times ; the head is 

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

 the eyes, which are very close together, and one-fourth of the length 

 of the head. The teeth of the outer series are enlarged, and the 

 lower jaw is provided with two canines licsides. Head naked ; scales 

 small, those on the anterior part of the body inconspicuous. The 

 dorsal fins are scarcely higher than the body ; caudal lanceolate, its 

 length being contained three times and a half in the total. Green- 

 ish, with eight yellow cross-bands ; three violaceous spots on the 

 posterior part of the side ; head and dorsal fins with numerous A'er- 

 milion, blue-edged spots ; the second dorsal with a yellow, blue and 

 vermilion margin ; caudal with oblique blue and vermilion streaks, 

 and with the upper margin coloured as in the second dorsal ; anal %vith 

 a series of violet spots along the middle, and with the lower margin 

 violet and yellow ; pectorals orange-coloured; ventrals violet. (Bleek.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



138. Gobius knutteli. 



? Gobius filifer, Cui\ t^- J^a/. xii. p. lOG. 



Gobius knutteli, Blei'k. Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Nederl. iii., Japan, p. 16. 

 tab. 1. fiii-. 2. ■ 



Scales minute. The height of the bodv is coiitained eight times 



