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tained five times and a half in the total length (without caudal) , the 

 length of the head three times and three-quarters. Snout shorter 

 than the eye, convex ; cleft of the mouth oblique ; the eyes are very 

 close together, and their diameter is rather more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the head. Teeth of the outer series enlai-ged. Dorsal 

 fins not elevated ; none of the upper pectoral rays sUk-like. Green- 

 ish ; irregular brown spots along the side of the head and body, the 

 last on the base of the caudal fin. Dorsal and caudal fins brown- 

 spotted. (Pet.') 

 Mozambique. 



28. Gobius puntangoides. 



Gobius puntang, Bleek. Natiiurk. Tydschr. Nederl. I/uL iii. p. 092 (not 



ii. p. 486). 

 puTitangoides, Bleeh. Ceram, iii. p. 242. 



D. 6 I ^. A. |. L. lat. 28. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a half or five 

 times in the total length, the length of the head five times ; the head 

 is higher than broad, its height being three-fourths or four-fifths of 

 its length ; the eyes are close together, and their diameter is one- 

 fourth or one -fifth of the length of the head. 8idcs of the head 

 scaly ; snout obtuse, convex, longer than the eye ; the cleft of the 

 mouth is oblique, with the jaws ecjual anteriorly. Teeth of the outer 

 series enlarged ; canine teeth none. Dorsal fins as high as, or 

 somewhat higher than, the body ; caudal rounded. Olive, with 

 brownish cross-bands ; most of the scales have a greenish dot. 

 Dorsal, pectoral, and caudal fins with scries of yellow and blackish 

 dots ; anal with alternate yeUow and reddish-\-iolet longitudinal 

 streaks. 



Rivers and coasis of the East IncHan Ai-chipclago. 



a. Fine specimen. AmbojTia. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 h. Half-grown. Ceram. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



Oohiiis puntang, Bleek. Riouw, p. 48fi, appears to be very closely 

 allied to this species. 



29. Gobius ehrenbergii. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 03. 



The length of the head is one-fifth of the total ; it is nearly as 

 broad as high, and one-third longer than broad. The eye occupies 

 the second quarter of the length of the head. Scales large. Teeth 

 very small. The rays of the second dorsal fin become gradually 

 longer posteriorly, and the last are one-third higher than the body ; 

 the upper pectoral rays arc somewhat silk-like. Blackish, dotted 

 with blue ; dorsal fins with five or six black longitudinal lines ; rays 

 of the caudal dotted with black. (Vol.) 



Alexandria. 



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