70 GomiD^. 



130. Gobius bynoensis. 



Gobius bynoensis, Richards. Ichthyol. Ereb. i^ Terr. p. 1. pi. 1. tigs. 1, 2 



(not good). 

 stethophthalmus, Bleek. Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl, Ind, i. p. 249. 



fig. 7, and xv. p. 236. 



D. 6 1 4 A. ^. L. lat. ca 65. 



I 10 15 



The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head five times. Head higher than 

 broad ; snout obtuse ; cleft of the mouth slightly oblique ; teeth 

 of the outer series enlarged; lower jaw with a pair of canine teeth. 

 The width of the bony part of the interorbital space is one-half of 

 the diameter of the orbit, which is one-fifth of the length of the 

 head. The anterior dorsal is rather higher than the posterior, and 

 lower than the body ; its distance from the eye is more than that of 

 the snout from the praBoperculum. Caudal rounded ; none of the 

 pectoral rays silk-Hke. Body with two or three longitudinal bands : 

 one through the base of the pectoral, forming a spot of deeper colour 

 at the base of the fin ; another from the snout through the eye, 

 crossed by about five bars, descending from the back. Two series of 

 brown specks from the crown of the head to the dorsal fin. 



Coast of Western Australia ; Philippine Islands. Biliton. Java. 



a. Ty])e of the species : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. HaLf-groAvn. Aiistralia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



c. Adult. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



d. Adult. Philippine Islands. 



This is a beautiful species. Bleeker describes the colours, from 

 fresh specimens, as follows : — 



Greenish : back with four or five brownish-violet cross-bunds ; on 

 each side of the head two brownish -violet, blue-edged longitudinal 

 bands, the lower of which terminates in a dark spot on tlic upi)cr 

 part of the base of .the pectoral; neck with two series of brown, 

 blue-edged ocelli ; dorsal fins dotted with white ; caudal with a 

 brown spot on the upper part of its base ; anal with violet margin ; 

 the other fins rose-coloured. 



C Scales minute. 



131. Gobius cseruleopunctatus. 



Gobius cieruleopunctatus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 134, and iV. JF. Fische, 



p. 137. taf. 32. fig. 3, 

 pavoninue, (Fhrenb.) Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 112. 



D.G|1. A.f 



Scales very small. The height of the body is contained six times 

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

 of the caudal four times ; the latter is rhomboidal. The eyes are 

 very close together, one-sixth of the kngth of the head. Snout 

 short and obtuse. Canine teeth none. Dorsal fins higher than tlie 



