88 GOBIID^. 



Body short, compressed, its height being one-third of the total 

 length ; head as high as long, with the anterior profile parabolic. 

 Ventrals short. Canine teeth. Yellow : head and thoracic region 

 with five vcnnilion transverse bands ; body with seven longitudinal 

 series of spots of the same colour. 



Seas of Tongatabou, Solor, Booroo, Goram, and Sumbawa. 



4. Gobiodou ceramensis. 

 Gobius ceramensis, Bleeker, Ceram, ii. p. 704. 



D.eli. A.j. 



Scales inconspicuous. The height of the body is contained tliree 

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

 times and a third or four times and a half. The head is compressed, 

 as high as long ; snout obtuse, convex, shorter than the eye. Lower 

 jaw with small canine teeth. Dorsal fins much lower than the 

 body ; caudal rounded. Entirely black or brown, with black fins. 



Seas of China, Wahai, Borneo, Amboyna, and of the Feejee 

 Islands. 



a-b. China Seas. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



c-d. Two specimens from Borneo, purchased of Mr. Frank as Go- 



hiodon erythrophceus, appear to agree better with Oohiodon 



ceramensis ; they are uniform brown, with black fins, without 



any blue or black streaks. 

 e-g. Three others, from the Feejee Islands, procured during the 



voyage of the ' Herald,' agree with the former. 

 h~i. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



5. Gobiodon histrio. 



Gobius histrio, (KiM ^ v. Hass.) Cuv. 8f Vol. xii. p. 132. pi. 347 ; 

 Bleek. Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl Lid. 1851, i. fig. 6. 



Scales none or inconspicuous ; two or three small tubercles on the 

 forehead. Body short, compressed, its height being one-third of the 

 total length ; head higher than long, Avith the anterior profile para- 

 bolic. Ventrals very short. Canine teeth. Rose-coloured, with 

 irregular blue spots and streaks, vertical on the head, longitudinal 

 on the body. ( Vcd.) 



Sunda Sea. Friendship Islands. 



6. Gobiodon heterospilos. 



Sleeker, Boeroe, p. 409. 



D.O|i, A.i. 



The height of the body is contained three times and three- 

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



