1. ooniUH. O:' 



lino<. 



Totfil length r,i> 



]Ioight of the l)0(ly !> 



Length of tlie head 17 



Greatest Avidth of the head 10 



Diameter of the eye 2^ 



Length of the eandal flu 12 



The "western representative of Goh'ms haufina and (J. nie.rit-ainisi. 



The most constant markings ajjpear to he some ol)li([ii(' l)l;i(ki^h 

 streaks on the side of the snout, and a simihir streak across the upper 

 part of tlic root of the pectoral. 



117. Gobiiis crassilahris. 

 I), (i I 11. A. 11. L. lat. Go. 



Fifteen longitudinal series of scales hctween the secoiul dorsal tin 

 and the anal. Scales on the neck much smaller than those on the 

 tail. The height of the hody is contained six times and a half in the 

 total lengtli, the length of the head tluee times and a half. The 

 head is iiat, depressed, as broad as high, uith the snout I'longale. 

 Cleft of the mouth horizontal, the iip])er jaw being the longer; lips 

 thick ; the eye is situated in i\w middle of the length of the head. 

 All the teeth sinall ; none of the outer series enlarged. The maxillary 

 extemls to, or slightly beyond, the vertical from the anterior mai'gin 

 of the ej-e. Tbe width of the intei-orl)ital space equals the diameter 

 of the eye, which (in mature specimens) is one-sixth of the lenglli of 

 the head. The head is naked; scales on tho aniericn- ]>art of the 

 body smaller than on the posterior. The distance of the; hr.^t dorsal 

 fm from the eye equals that of the suout fi'om the in-a'opereulum. 

 The dorsal fins arc lower than the body; caudal rounded, its length 

 being somewhat less than one-fifth of tlic total ; tlu' ventral fin ter- 

 minates at a great distance from the anus, and has a broad basal mem- 

 brane. Yellowish or brownish : sides of the head and body with 

 irregular black sjjots, the spots forming a distin(;t longitudinal band 

 between the bases of the. pectoral and caudal fins ; root of tlu: eaudal 

 with a round deep-black spot ; a black streak superiorly on tin- base 

 of the pectoral. Dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins dotted witli luown, 

 the dots being arranged in longitudinal series on the first, and in 

 trans^ erse ones on the two latter ; ventral and anal blackish. 



Fnsh waters of Oualan and Aneiteum, 



a. Adult. Oualan. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



h, c. Fine specimens. Aneiteum. From 'Mr. Macgillivray's Col- 

 lecticm. 



lilies. 



Total length (i4 



Height of the body 1<) 



Length of the Insad 17 



Urentest width of the bead '.* 



