66 GOBIID-Ti 



nearly one-fourth of the total ; head rather broader than high, and 

 nearly twice as long- as high. The cleft of the mouth is slightly oblique, 

 ^\dth the jaws equal anteriorly ; canine teeth none. The diameter of 

 the eye is one-fourth of the length of the head, and twice the width 

 of the interorbital space. Dorsal fins not elevated ; caudal rounded. 

 Brownish-grey, superiorly minutely dotted with blackish ; several 

 ocelli near the vent ; the second dorsal with three bands. {Gill.) 

 Coast of Jesso. 



123. Gobius xanthozona. 



Bhekcr, Ve7-hand. Batav. Gcnootsch, xxii., Blenn. oi Gob. p. 34. 

 D. 6 ||. A. |. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is contained five or six times in the total 

 length, the length of the head three times and a half ; the head is 

 somewhat higher than broad ; the width of the interorbital space is 

 more than the length of the diameter of the eye, which occupies the 

 second fifth of the length of the head. Teeth of the outer series in 

 the upper jaw enlarged ; canine teeth none. Cleft of the mouth 

 subvertical. Dorsal fins low^er than the body ; caudal rounded. 

 Body encircled by eight alternately black and yellow bands, the first 

 across the head, and the fourth black one across the base of the 

 caudal fin ; dorsal and anal fins entirely black ; the others yellow, 

 with the base black. (Bleek.) 



Rivers of Java and Borneo, near the coast. 



124. Gobius platynotus. 



D. 6 I 9. A. 10. L. lat. 65. 



Twenty longitudinal series of scales between the origin of the 

 posterior dorsal fin and the anal. Head and anterior part of the 

 body broad, somewhat depressed ; a deep groove along the median 

 line of the broad back. The height of the body is contained six times 

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

 a half. Head broader than high, and not much longer than broad ; 

 snout broad, somewhat longer than the diameter of the eye, with 

 the upper jaw slightly overlapping the lower ; the cleft of the 

 mouth extends to below the middle of the eye. Teeth \dlliform ; 

 canines none. The diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the length of 

 the head, and somewhat less than the width of the interorbital space. 

 Head naked, except the posterior portion of the operculum ; two 

 longitudinal stripes of minute warts on the choek. Dorsal fins 

 lower than the body, the anterior being lower than the postciior ; 

 the third and fourth dorsal spines arc the longest. Caudal rounded, 

 its length being six times and a half in the total length. The 

 pectoral has no silk-like rays, and does not extend to the vertical 

 from the vent: ventral rather short, not adherent to the belly, 

 terminating at a great distance from the vent ; its basal membrane is 

 well developed. Scales small, cycloid. Brown (in spirits), with some 



