1. GOCIUS. 21 



33. Grobius omatus. 



Gobius omatus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. I.'i5, and N. W. Fische, p. 137. 



ventralis, (Fhrenb.) Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 113. 



interstinctus, Richards. Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 3. pi. 5. 



figs. 3-6 ; lileek. Amb. (^ Ceram, p. 275. 

 • periophthalmoides, Bleek. Natuurk. Tydsc^r. Nederl, Ind. 1851, 



i. p. 249. 



Seven longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and 

 the anal fin. The height of the body is contained six or seven times 

 in the total length, the length of the head four times and a half; the 

 head is rather broader than high, its width being contained one and 

 a half times in its length. The eyes are very close together ; their 

 diameter is three times and a half in the length of the head. Snout 

 obtuse, convex, as long as the eye. Crown of the head scaly. The 

 cleft of the mouth is scarcely oblique, with the jaws nearly equal in 

 length. AU the teeth very small. Dorsal fins somewhat lower than 

 the body ; caudal rounded ; the upper rays of the pectoral silk-like. 

 Green, with numerous brown spots and yellow dots ; all the fins, 

 except the ventral, dotted with black. 



Eed Sea ; East Indian Archipelago ; Philippine Islands ; North- 

 west coast of Australia. 

 a. Fine specimen. Red Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. E. 



RiippeU. 

 h. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Adult. Moluccas. 



d. Fine specimen. Philippine Islands. 



tr-f. Adult. Feejee Islancb. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



,_ , „ , J ^ - f North -west coast of Australia. 



^.Hatf-grown: bad state. I F^om the Haslar CoUection.- 



h-lc. Half-grown: not good state. | Types of (?. mto-s<mch(^. 

 I. Adult. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



34. Gobius giuris. 



Korah-motta, Russell, pi. 50. 



Koku, Russell, pi. 51. 



Bullae korah, Russell, pi. 53. 



Gobius giuris, JBuch. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 61. pi. 33. fig. 15 ; Cui\ Sf 



Val. xii. p. 72 ; Rleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xii., Bletm. en Gob. p. 24., 

 kokius, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. G8 ; Jerdon in 3Iadr. Journ. xv. 



p. 148; Bleek. I. c., Cant. Catal. p. 180; Jacq. Voy. Jnd. Poiss. 



pi. 14. fig. 3. 



russelii, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 75. 



catebus, Ciw. Sf Val. xii. p. 7G. 



kora, Cuv. ^- Val. xii. p. 77. 



celebicus, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 74; Bleek. Banteti, p. 318. 



kurpali, Sykcs in Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 352. pi. (51. fig. 1. 



platycephalus, Peters, Monatsber. Berl. Acad. 1852, p. 081. 



phaiosoma, Bleek. Verhaml. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Blenn. en 



Gob. p. 30, aud Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. 1851, i. fig. 5. 



