138 GOBIID.'E. 



spines ; vertical fins contiguous. Ventral fins entirely disconnected, 

 with only four soft rays. Branchiosteg.als four. 

 Eivers of Borneo. 



1. Trypauchenichthys ty^jus. 

 Bheker, I. c. 



D.tA-o- A.-i-. L.lat. 50-55. 



56-59 49-5) 



Ventral fin with the spine broad, and with the two inner rays ru- 

 dimentaiy, situated a little before the pectoral. Eose-coloured. (Bl.) 

 Sungi-diiri. 



Fourth Group. CALLIONYMINA. 



Ventral fins widely apart from each other. VertebriE 11/16-8/13. 



19. PLATYPTEEA. 



Platj'ptera, (li:uM <^- r. Hass.) Cm. Sf Val. xii. p. 320. 



Head rather depressed and broad ; body and tail subcylindrical, co- 

 vered with ciliated scales of moderate size. Cleft of the mouth narrow, 

 with the upper jaw protractile. Eyes of moderate size. Teeth very 

 small, palate smooth. Prseoperculum not armed. Two dorsal fins, 

 the anterior with seven flexible spines ; pectorals large ; ventrals 

 widely apart from each other. GiU-openings of moderate width ; 

 branchiostegals six ; gills four ; psetidobranchiae ; air-bladder none. 



Fresh waters of Bantam and Celebes. Wanderer Bay. 



1. Platyptera aspro. 



Platyptera aspro, (v. Sass.) Ciiv. ^ Val. xii. p. 321. pi. 360 ; Bleek. 



Celeb, viii. p. 310. 

 Platypterus flavescens, Valenc. in Cuv. E^gne Anim. HI. Poiss. pi. 83. 



fig. 1. 

 B. 6. D. 7||. A.-i-. V. 1/5. L.lat. 35. Vert. 11/16. 

 Brownish : dorsal fins with two or three series of blackish spots. 

 a. Adult. Wanderer Bay (fresh water). From the Museum of 

 Economic Geology. 



20. CALLIONYMUS*. 



Callionymus, L. Sr/st. Nat. i. p. 433. 



Callionymus et Synchiropus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, 

 p. 12'.5. 



Head and anterior part of the body depressed, the rest subcylin- 

 drical, naked. Head triangular, with the cleft of the mouth narrow, 



* 1. Callionymus reticulatus, Cuv.^ Val. xii. p. 284. ^Mediterranean. 



2. fascintus, Cuv. <^ Val. xii. p. 28.5 ; Gucrin, Iconogr. Eegnc Anim. 



Poiss. pi. 40. flg. 2. — Mediterranean. 3. 



