242 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



ZONOGOBIUS NDCHIFASCIATUS, Gmither. 



Gohius nuchifasciatus, Giintlier, Journ. Mns. Godeff., i. 4, 1874, p. 266. 



Zonoijohins semldoliatus, McCallocli, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxxvi., 

 1912, p. 606 (Not of Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



The Queensland specimens recorded by McCulloch as Z. seitiidoliatii^ 

 differ from that species in having a distinct membrane uniting the ventral 

 spines, while the cephalic colour-bars are less distinct. They are appar- 

 ently referable to G. nuchifasciatus. 



Loc. — Dnnk Island, Queensland, and Masthead Island, off Port Curtis, 

 Queensland. Guiither's specimens were collected at Bowen, Queensland. 



(GOBIUS) LIDWILLI, MrCvllocJl. 



(Gohius) lidwIUi, McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mus., xi. 7, 1017, p. 185, pi. 

 xxxi., fig. 2. 



Loc. — Near Sydney. 



[GoBius] BiFRENATUS, Kuer. 



Gohius bifrenatus, Kner, Reise " Novara," Zool., i., 1865, p. 177, pi. vii., 

 fig. 3. Id., Klunzinger, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxx. i., 1879, p. 

 383. Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, v., 1881, p. 597. 

 Id., Ogilby, Cat. Fish. N.S.Wales, 1886, p. 35. Id., Lucas, Proc. 

 Roy. Soc. Vict. (2), ii., 1890, p. 28. Id., Waite, Mem. N.S.Wales 

 Nat. Club, ii., 1904, p. 46. 



Gohius hassensis, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., i., 1872, p. 123. 



Gohius caudatus, Castelnau, Ihid., ii., 1873, p. 47. Id., Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, v., 1881, p. 600. Id., Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Vict. (2), ii., 1890, p. 29. 



D. vi/11 ; A. 11 ; P. 17 ; V. i/5 ; C. 15. Scales in about 37 rows 

 between the base of the pectoral and the hypural joint, and about 12 

 between the anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth 5"1 in the length to the hypural joint ; head 4 in the same. 

 Eye 46 in the head ; interocular space 2*8 in the eye. Snout 38, depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2"1 in the head. 



Head naked, swollen, with the usual preopercular, nuchal, occipital 

 and rostral pores ; rows of minute pores on the cheeks and opercles, man- 

 dible, snout, occiput and shoulders. Eyes of moderate size, cutting the 

 dorsal profile, and separated by a narrow bony ridge. Snout convex, a 

 little longer than the eye. Mouth oblique, maxillary reaching to below 

 the middle of the eye ; mandible not projecting beyond the upper jaw. 

 An outer row of enlaiged teeth in each jaw, some of which are caniniform ; 

 these are followed bj^ a band of villiform teeth, and an inner series of 

 slightly laiger teeth : palate and tongue toothless. Tongue rounded 

 anteriorly, slightly notched on the median line. Gill-opening very wide, 

 the isthmus scarcely wider than the eye ; shouldei-giiille smooth. 



