1. Goitius. 45 



sixth of the total. The head is one-fourth less high an<l one-third 

 less broad tlian long. The width of the intcrorbital space is one-half 

 of the diameter of the eye. Scales large ; teeth small. The fifth 

 dorsal spine is the longest, filiform ; the other fins pointed pos- 

 teriorly. Yellowash-brown, clouded with darker ; a bluish line from 

 the eye to the angle of the mouth ; dorsal fins with greyish longi- 

 tudinal lines ; the upper part of the caiidal and the anterior margiii 

 of the dorsal fins dotted with black and white. ( Val.) 

 Malabar. 



85. Gobius spectabilis. 

 D. 6 I 10. A. y. L. lat. 32. 



Nine longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and 

 the anal fins. The height of the body is contained eight times in 

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

 head is depressed, broader than high ; the snout elongate, broad, 

 flat, Avith the lower jaw prominent. Several teeth of the outer series 

 are enlarged, canine-like, but there are no lateral canine teeth. 

 The width of the intcrorbital space is more than the diameter of the 

 eye, which is one-sixth of the length of the head. The dist;incc of 

 the first dorsal from the eye equals that of the snout from the pne- 

 opercvdar margin. Head naked ; scales on the nape of the neck 

 smaller than those of the body. Dorsal fins higher than the body ; 

 the spines of the first are produced into filaments, and the second 

 and third arc the longest. Caudal elongate, obtusely ])ointed, one- 

 fourth of the total length ; none of the pectoral rays silk-like ; ven- 

 tral with the basal membrane well developed. Yellowish-brown, 

 with indistinct blotches along the side ; dorsal, caudal, and pectoral 

 fins brown-dotted. 



East Indies. 



a. Adult. India. Presented by G. Ti. Watcrhousc, Esq. 



inelics. lines. 



Total length 10 



Height of the liody 1 3 



Length of the head 2 3 



Diameter of the eye 3 



Length of the caudal fin 2 (5 



The natural affinities of this species are to G. r/iuris, fiom which 

 it is readily distinguished by the extraordinary develoi)ment of the 

 caudal fin. 



86. Gobius signatus. 



Peters in Wictpn. Arch. 1855. p. 253. 



^■^\v.- A.fo- L. lat. 30. 

 Eight or nine longitudinal series of scales between the first dorsfJ 

 and the vent. The height of the body is one-fifth of the total 



