30 GomwM. 



e. Skin, Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Type of 



Dr. Cantor's description, 

 /. Adult : very bad state. N.W. coast of Aiistralia. — Type of Sir 



J, Richardson's description, — The tooth described as the canine 



tooth is very small, 

 r/. Adult : bad state. Port Essington. 



46. Gobius cocosensis. 

 Bleaker, Kokos-eiland. p. 47. 



D. 6 I ^. A. 4-. L. lat. 34. 



I 9 o 



The height of the body is contained six times in the total length, 

 the length of the head five times and a quarter. The head is nearly 

 as broad as high ; the snout obtuse, convex. The eyes are close to- 

 gether, and their diameter is one-third of the length of the head. 

 Cleft of the mouth oblique ; teeth of the outer series enlarged ; ca- 

 nine teeth none. Head and nape of the neck naked. Dorsal fins 

 lower than the body ; caudal rounded ; the upper pectoral rays silk- 

 like. Greenish, clouded with brownish ; head with blue dots ; the 

 rays of the soft- dorsal and of the caudal brown -spotted ; the other 

 fins immaculate. (Bleek.) 



Sea of Now Selma. 



47. Gobius polycynodon. 



BleeJter, Verlumd. Batav, Genootsch, xxii., Blenn. en Goh. p. 25. 



D. 6 I i-. A. -i-. L. lat. 25. 



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

 of the head one-sixth ; the head is obtuse, flat, with the upper pro- 

 file nearly straight, broader than high. The width of the inter- 

 orbital space equals the diameter of the eye, which is contained three 

 times and a half in the length of the head. Teeth of the outer series 

 enlarged. The first dorsal is higher than the body ; caudal obtuse, 

 of the length of the head. Entirely uniform green. {Bleek.) 



Coast of Pasuruan. 



48. Gobius reichii. 

 Blecker, Sumatra, iii. p. 509. 



p. 6 I -i-. A. \. L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is contained six times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times and three-fifths ; the height and 

 the width of the head arc nearly equal to each other, and two-thirds 

 of the length of the. head. The eyes are veiy close together, one- 

 third of the length of the head. Snout obtuse, convex, with the 

 upper jaw scarcely shorter than the lower. The teeth of the outer 

 scries arc enlarged ; canine teeth none ; cleft of the mouth obUque. 

 Sides and crown of the head naked. The spinous dorsal is higher 



