136 GOBIID^. 



6. Amblyopus urolepis. 



Bleeker, Sumatra, i. p. 581, 



D.|. A. 34. 



The length of the head is one-seventh of the total, the height of 

 the body one-ninth ; body anteriorly scarcely higher than broad. 

 Pectoral short ; dorsal and anal fins not enveloped in skin. Tail 

 posteriorly with conspicuous scales. Greenish. 



Rivers of Palembang (Sumatra). 



7. Amblyopus brachysoma. 



Bleeker, Sumatra, iii. p. 510. 



D.|. A. 28. 



The length of the head is contained six times and a half in the 

 total, that of the pectoral nine times and one-third ; dorsal and anal 

 fins not enveloped in skin. Body with small scattered scales, be- 

 coming larger posteriorly. Rose-coloured. 



Priaman. 



8. Amblyopus broussonetii. 



Gobioides broussonetii, Lucep. ii. p. 280 ; Cm\ i^ Val. xii. p. 139. 



pi. 348 (bad) ; Cm: Rkjne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 80. fig. 3. 

 Gobius oblongus, Bl. Schn. p. 548. 



T) ^ A > 



The height of the body is one-eleventh of the total length ; dorsal 

 fin not elevated ; caudal lanceolate. Brownish, with darker spots. 

 Coasts of Peru and Guayaqixil. 



a-h. Adult. Guayaquil. 



c. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



In consequence of the bad state of preservation of the single spe- 

 cimen in the Paris Museum, Valenciennes has not recognized the 

 close affinity of this species with those from the East Indies ; and the 

 description given by the French naturalist, and stiU more the figure, 

 are incorrect in several respects. The dentition does not differ from 

 that of the Indian species, the teeth of the outer series being rather 

 smaller and more numerous. The eye, so distinctly represented by 

 Valenciennes, is small and indistinct. The situation of the six dorsal 

 spines is exactly the same as in the East Indian species, the sixth 

 being placed at some distance from the fifth and from the first ray 

 belonging to the soft portion. The vertical fins are contiguous, and 

 the dorsal and anal are separated from the caudal only by a slight 

 notch. 



I have preserved the name of Amblyopus for the whole genus 

 because it is generally used, and also because such names as Gobioides, 

 Trfniohhs, &c., should always be avoided. 



