/. GOBIODON. 87 



length. Cleft of the mouth oblique, with the lower jaw prominent ; 

 teeth minute. Caudal subtruncated. Transparent. 

 Bergen. 



This species has been compared with the Scottish Gohius alhus. 

 The remarkably strong teeth of the latter prove its distinctness, 

 even if G. stuvitzii be provided with deciduous scales, which might 

 have escaped observation. 



7. GOBIODON*. 



Gobiodon, {Kuhl 8f v. Hass.) Bleek. Boeroe, p. 407. 



Body oblong, more or less compressed, naked ; head large, ele- 

 vated ; gill-openings of moderate Avidth. GeneraUy two canine 

 teeth near the sj-niphysis of the lower jaw. Two dorsal fins imited 

 at the base, the anterior with six spines. Ventral fins united. 



Indian Seas. 



1. Gobiodon citrinus. 

 Gobius citi'inus, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 1.39. tab. 32. fig. 4. 

 D. 6 1-. A. -i. 



I 10' • 8 



Scales none. Body short and compressed. Canine teeth none 

 lellow: a blue, black-edged streak along the base of the dorsal and 

 anal fans ; four transverse streaks of the same colour— two descend- 

 ing from the eye, the third from the vertex to the oi>ercles, and tlie 

 tourth m front of the pectoral fins. (Riipp.) 



Red Sea. 



2. Gobiodon rivulatus. 



Gobius rivulatus, Hiipjiell, Atlas, Fische, p. 136, and N. W. Fischi- 

 p. 1.38. ' 



D. 6 111. A.I. 



Scales none. Body elliptical, compressed. Dorsal fins subcon- 

 tinuous; ventrals smaU. Canine teeth small. Green, reticulated 

 with red ; all the fins green. Brown (in spirits) ; head lighter, with 

 several whitish vertical lines ; fins brownish-black. 



Island of Jubal (Red Sea). 



«, b. Fine specimens. Jubal. Collected and presented by Dr. E. 

 Riippell. 



3. Grobiodon quinque-strigatus. 



Gobius quinque-strigatus, Cur. ^ Vul. xii. p. 1.34 ; Bleek. in Verhand. 

 Batav. Gemotsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 29, Sf Solor, p. 82. 



D. 6 I \. A. -i. 



Scales none or inconspicuous; no tubercles on the forehead. 



» 1. Gobius corjpho3nula, Cwv. 4- Veil. xii. p. 131.— Guam. 



2. Gobius erjthrophaios, Bled: Vcrh. Batav. Gemotsch. sxil. Blenn. en 

 Goh. p. 29.— Gobiodon erythrophaios, Bleek. Boeroe, p. 409 —East 

 Indian Archipelago. 



