104 GOBIIDJi. 



3. Boleophthalmus dussumieri. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 207. pi. 354. 



Scales extremely small (?) ; head and back finely granular. The 

 length of the head is contained five times and a half in the total. 

 The two front teeth of the lower jaw strongly curved upwards. 

 Greyish -violet (in spirits) : head, pectoral, and anterior part of the 

 body brown-dotted ; the anterior dorsal blackish, with black dots, 

 the posterior with white spots irregularly arranged ; caudal blackish, 

 with whitish margins. (Val.) 



Coast of Bombay. 



4. Boleophthalmus sculptus. 

 D. 5 I 2.5. A. 22. 



Head and anterior part of the body without imbricate scales, but 

 with flat round tubercles, which on the upper part of the head and on 

 the nape have a slight impression in the centre, whilst those on the 

 sides are quite flat, giving the appearance of mosaic-work. The scales 

 become more distinct on the tail, and there are eight longitudinal 

 series of them between the extremities of the dorsal and anal fins. 

 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. Anterior teeth 

 of the upper jaw slightly enlarged, those of the lower very small and 

 horizontal. Base of the anterior dorsal of moderate length, its third 

 spine filiform. Caudal rhomboid, of moderate length ; anal much 

 lower than the opposite dorsal fin. More than one-half of the pec- 

 toral is enveloped in scales. 



India. 



a. Fifty lines long. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



A coloured figure of the actual specimen exists in the collection 

 of drawings of General Hardwicke, preserved in the British Museum. 

 Body greenish-olive, yellowish on the belly; six rather indistinct 

 darker bands descend obliquely from the back towards the belly ; the 

 anterior dorsal greyish, the other fins reddish. The specimen is not 

 in a very good state of preservation. 



5. Boleophthalmus viridis. 



Gobius viridis, Bmh. Hum. pp. 42, 45, 3G6. pi. 32. fig. 12. 

 Boleophthalmus viridis. Cm: ^ Val. xii. p. 213 ; Cant. Catal. p. 195. 



histophorus, Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 210. 



? Boleophthalmus siniciis, Cm: Sf Val. xii. p. 215. 

 ? Boleophthalmus chinensis, Cm: 8/- Val. xii. p. 215. 

 Boleophthalmus aucupatoiins, Hkharch. Voy. Sulph. Fishes, p. 148. 

 pi. 02. figs. 1, 2, and Ichth. Chin. p. 208. 



(Size of scales microscopical. Anterior dorsal very short, but high. 



