74 GOBIID^. 



in the total length, the length of the head four times and four-fifths. 

 The head is higher than bi'oad ; the snout convex, longer than the 

 eye, the diameter of which is one-fourth or one-sixth of the length 

 of the head. Eyes close together ; head and nape of the neck naked. 

 The cleft of the mouth is oblique, wide, extending to the posterior 

 margin of the eye. Teeth of the outer series enlarged ; lower jaw 

 with small canine teeth. The first dorsal is twice as high as the 

 body ; caudal somewhat elongate ; none of the pectoral rays silk- 

 like. Greenish, with six darker cross-bands ; sides of the head with 

 white, darker-edged ocelli ; the spinous dorsal with a white cross- 

 band and with a black spot between the first and second spines ; the 

 soft dorsal with three or four undulated white longitudinal streaks ; 

 the other fins immaculate. 

 Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



a, b. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 c-d. Adult. Hongkong. From the Haslat Collection. 



139. Gobius arabicus. 



Gobius anguillaris, Forsh. pp. 23 & 24 (not L.). 



arabicus, L. Gm. i. p. 1198 ; Bl, Schn. p. 72 ; Riipp. N. W. Fische, 



p. 139. 

 bimaculatus, (Fhrenb.) Cut. S/- Val. xii. p. 108. 



D.6|^. A.I. 



Scales very small. The height of the body is contained seven 

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

 half. Cheeks swollen ; head as broad as high, but one-third longer 

 than high. The eye occupies the second fifth of the length of the 

 head. Canine teeth in the upper and lower jaws. The second and 

 third dorsal spines are higher than the body ; caudal pointed, one- 

 fifth of the total. 



In spirits : blackish ; below paler, with brown cross-bands, or 

 brownish with minute black dots ; two blackish spots above the pec- 

 toral. The first dorsal with series of black points, the second with 

 fine longitudinal lines ; the other fins blackish ; the caudal with the 

 upper margin whitish. 



During life: bluish-green, with red and blue dots; two oblong 

 blue spots above the pectoral. 



Red Sea. 



a. Adult. Red Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. E. Riippell. 



140. Gobius fontanesii. 

 Bleeker, Celebes, iii. p. 7G4. 



D.6|^. A.i. L.lat.90. 



The height of the body is ono-ninlli or one-tenth of the total 

 length, the Icngtli of the head onc-sixtli ; the head is twice as long 

 as high ; the snout convex, obtuse, nhoitci' than the eye ; the cleft of 



