1 .S GOBIIBvE. 



25. Gobius elegans. 



Gobius elegans, {Kuhl8(i-an Ilass.) Cur. (§• Val. xii. p. 58; ? Bleeker, 



Natimrk. Tydschr. Ncderl. Ind. 1851, i. fig. 10. 

 elegans, var., Cantor, Catal. p. 179. 



D. 6|^. A.-i. L. lat. 36. 



Nine longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and 

 the anal fins. The height of the body is one-sixth of the total 

 length, the length of the head one-fifth. Snout obtuse. The ante- 

 rior dorsal fin is rather lower than the posterior, the height of which 

 equals that of the body. The upper rays of the pectoral fin silk-like. 

 Caudal rounded. Teeth small, equal in size. Buff'-coloured, minutely 

 dotted with brown ; the upper half of the sides with three or four 

 indistinct lines, each formed by a series of very short brown streaks, 

 beneath which a series of indistinct brown spots ; a blackish spot at 

 the posterior margin of the orbit, a second at the upper part of the 

 root of the pectoral fin, and a third at the lower part of the root, 

 spreading on the gill-menbrane. The membranes of the dorsal fins 

 with three or four indistinct series of blackish spots, and a few 

 similar on the caudal membrane. 



Seas of Pinang, Bombay, Java, New Guinea, and Vanicolo. 



a. Skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Nearly 

 unifonn yellowish. The description of the colours has been 

 borrowed from (!antor's description, which was dra^vn up from 

 this specimen. 



26. Gobius baliurus. 



Gobius baliurus, Ciiv. 8f Val. xii. p. 01 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Ge- 

 noutsch. xxii., Blenn. en Gob. p. 31. 



The height of the body is one- sixth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. The head is half as high and broad as long. 

 The eye is one-fourth of the length of the head ; interorbital space 

 xery narrow. Teeth small ; canine teeth none. Scales large. None 

 of the pectoral rays silk-like ; three or four series of minute warts 

 below the eye. Caudal rounded. Ero^vnish-grey, indistinctly marbled 

 with grejash. Caudal fin with a round brown spot at the base, and 

 w'th white points on the rays. Ventral and margin of the anal 

 wiiite. {Val.) 



Seas of Java, Amboyna, and Celebes. 



? a. Adult. Amboj-na. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



27. Gobius atherinoides. 

 I'eters in Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 254. 



D. I ^. A. ^. L. lat. 26-28. 

 Scales in nine longitudinal series. The height of the body is con- 



