90 GOBIID.E. 



of its length; it is flat above, and the width between the orbits 

 equals the diameter of the eye, which is one-fifth of the length of 

 the head. The snout is longer than the eye, obtuse, with the upper 

 profile straight and with the anterior rounded ; the cleft of the 

 mouth is very slightly oblique, with the jaws equal anteriorly ; the 

 maxillary extends beyond the anterior margin of the orbit. Canine 

 teeth none ; teeth of the outer series closely set, tricuspid. Head 

 naked, nape scaly, scales ctenoid. Dorsal fins nearly equal in height, 

 lower than the body ; caudal obtuselj^ rounded ; none of the pectoral 

 rays silk-like ; the vcntrals terminate at some distance from the 

 vent, and have the basal membrane very well developed. Uniform 

 reddish-olive (in spu'its) ; the giU-membrane white-dotted ; pectoral 

 wdth a whitish cross-band near the base. 

 China. 



a. Not good state. China. 



b-e, f-h. China. 



lines. 



Total length 35 



Height of the body 7 



Length of the head 74 



Greatest width of the head 5^ 



Diameter of the eye 1 1 



2. Triaenophorichthys barbatus. 

 D. 6 I 11. A. 11. L. lat. 35. 



Two series of small barbels across the cheek, another along the 

 mandibula and the prteopercular margin. Twelve longitudinal 

 series of scales between the origin of the second dorsal fin and the 

 anal. The body is anteriorly depressed, its height being one-fifth 

 of the total length. The head is much depressed, and nearly as 

 broad as long ; its length is one-fourth of the total ; its upper sur- 

 face is flat, and the -width of the intei'orbital space is much more 

 than the horizontal diameter of the small eye. The snout is rounded, 

 broad, obtuse, longer than the eye, with the jaws equal in length. 

 The cleft of the mouth is horizontal, and extends to the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. Both jaws are armed with a series of closely- 

 set tricuspid teeth, behind which is another series of smaller ones 

 for rei)lacing those in front. Head and the foremost part of the 

 neck naked ; scales ciliated. Dorsal tins lower than the body, the 

 posterior higher than the anterior ; caudal convex ; none of the 

 pectoral rays silk-like. The pectorals do not quite extend to the 

 vertical from the vent, and the ventrals are still shorter. The latter 

 are not attached to the belly, and have a very broad basal mem- 

 brane, lleddish-olive or brownish, with very large band-like brown 

 blotches, the anterior of which is below the first dorsal, extending 

 on that fin ; another extends on the soft dorsal. 



Probably from China. 



(7, 6-c, d. From the Haslar Collection. 



