88 GOBIID^. 



Body short, compressed, its height beuig one-third of the total 

 length ; head as high as long, with the anterior profile parabolic. 

 Ventrals short. Canine teeth. Yellow : head and thoracic region 

 with five vermilion transverse bands ; body with seven longitudinal 

 series of spots of the same colour. 



Seas of Tongatabou, Solor, Booroo, Goram, and Sumbawa. 



4. Gobiodon ceramensis. 



Gobiiis ceramensis, Bkeker, Ceram, ii. p. 704. 



Scales inconspicuous. The height of the body is contained three 

 times and a half in the total length, the length of the head four 

 times and a third or four times and a half. The head is compressed, 

 as high as long ; snout obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye. Lower 

 jaw with small canine teeth. Dorsal fins much lower than the 

 body ; caudal rounded. Entirely black or brown, with black fins. 



Seas of China, Wahai, Borneo, Amboyna, and of the Feejee 

 Islands. 



a-h. China Seas. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B, 



c^tl. Two specimens from Borneo, pui-chased of Mr. Erank as Go- 



hiodon erythro^yhceus, appear to agree better with Gobiodon 



ceramensis ; they are uniform brown, with black fins, without 



any blue or black streaks. 



e-(j. Three others, from the Eeejee Islands, procured during the 



voyage of the ' Herald,' agree with the former. 

 7i-i. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Erank. 



5. Gobiodon Mstrio. 



Gobius histrio, (KM ^- r. Hass.) Cur. S^ Val. xii. p. 132. pi. 347 ; 

 Bleeh. Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl Ind. 1851, i. fig. 6. 



Scales none or inconspicuous; two or three small tubercles on the 

 forehead. Body short, compres.^ed, its height being one-third of the 

 total length ; head higher than long, with the anterior profile para- 

 bolic. Ventrals very short. Canine teeth. Eose-coloured, with 

 irregidar blue spots and streaks, vertical on the head, longitudinal 

 on the body. ( Val.) 



Sunda Sea. Friendship Islands. 



6. Gobiodon heterospilos. 



. . Sleeker, Boerne, p. 409. 



D.6|l. A.i. 



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

 quarters ui the total length, the length of the head four times and a 



