1. GOUIUS, 4,'} 



caudal rounded. Brownish ; a dark spot on the middle of the base oi 

 the caudal tin. (Bleek.) 



Coast of ISumanap (East Madura). 



80. Gobius gjrmnauclieii. 



BleekeVy Act. Sue. Sc. Indo-Ncdcrl. vi., Japan, vi. p. 84. tab. 1. fig. '2. 

 ■ D.6|j. A.f L.lat.25. 



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

 the length of the head four times and two- thirds ; head nearly as higli 

 a.s broad. The diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the lengili of tht 

 head ; eyes very close together ; snout convex, shorter tlian the eye ; 

 head and nock to the origin of the spinous dorsal naked ; cleft of the 

 mouth oblique, with the lower jaw longest ; the maxillaiy extends to 

 below the anterior half of the orbit. The teeth of the outer series 

 are enlarged ; the lower jaw has a curved canine tooth on each side, 

 and a series of small horizontal teeth anteriorly. Scales ctenoid, those 

 on the posterior parts being the largest. Dorsal fins slightly con- 

 tiguous at the base ; the second spine is produced into a long filament. 

 No silk-like pectoral rays ; caudal roimded, its lengtli being rather 

 less than one-fourth of the total. Greenish, variegated with darker ; 

 dorsal and caudal fins with bro'WTi spots, those on the former in three 

 or four longitudinal scries; ventral and anal violet. {Bl.) 



Rivers of Jcddo. 



81. Gobius pleurostigma. 



Blveker, Vei'hand, JSatav. Genootsch. xxii., Blcnn, en Gub. p. 28. 

 D. 6 ||. A. |. L. lat. 30. 



The height of the body is contained four times and throc-(]uarters 

 or five times in the total length, and nearly equal to the length of 

 the head ; the head is as broad txs high ; the diameter of the eye is 

 one-fourth of the length of the head, and equal to the width of the 

 interorbital space. Two canine teeth in the middle of the lower jaw. 

 Scales on the occiput large. The first dorstd is lower than the l)ody, 

 with the second and third spines produced into filaments in the mnle ; 

 caudal rounded. Green, with a lateral longitudinal series of eight or 

 ten black dots ; vertical fins black ; the first dorsal yellow at the tup, 

 and the anal dotted -wdth yellow ; the other fins green. (Blcck.) 



Fresh waters of Java. 



82. Gobius gastrospilus. 



Bleeker, Batavia, p. 477. 



D. G I ^. A. |. L. lat. 2Q. 



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

 of the head one-fifth. The head is as high as broad ; the snout ob- 

 tuse, convex, shorter than the eye ; the cleft of the mouth slightly 

 obliciue ; the luwei' jaw has a small canine tooth t)n each side, and 

 the teeth of the outer .series are enlarged. The eves are close tt)ge- 



