ON THE FISHES FROM THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 275 



Fam. Pediculati. 



20. Antennanus nummifer, Cuv. Haddumati, 35 f. 



Fam. Cottidae. 



21. Platycephalus asper, C. and V. Mulaku, 27 /., and N. Male, 35 /. 



22. Platycephalus tuberculatus, C. and V. Koluraadulu, 35 /., and Haddumati, 40 /. 



23. Platycephlus spinosus, Schleg. Kolumadulu, 35 /. 



In this specimen, as in that in the British Museum Collection, the number of scales in 

 a longitudinal series is 33, not 40 as given by Schlegel. 



24. Platycephalus svbfasciatus, Gthr. Mulaku, 27 /. 



Fam. Cataphracti. 



25. Pegasus draconis, Linn. Haddumati, 40 /'. 



Fam. Gobiidae. 



26. Gobius caninoides, Blkr. Mulaku, 27 /. 



27. Gobius ornatus, Rupp. S. Nilandu, 36 and 30 /., Felidu, 34 /., Mulaku, 27 /., and 

 Kolumadulu, 33 / 



28. Gobius semidoliatus, C. and V. N. Male, 35 / 



29. Gobius ophthalmotaenia, Blkr. S. Nilandu, 36 /., and N. Male, 35 /. 



30. Periophthalmus sp. S. Nilandu, 35 /. 



One specimen, 33 mm. long. The ventral fins are not united. Probably a young specimen 

 of Periophthalmus chrysospilos. 



31. Callionymus longicaudatus, Schleg. S. Nilandu, 36 and 30 f. 



32. Callionymus lunatus, Schleg. Suvadiva, 44 f., and Haddumati, 40 f. 



33. Callionymus sp. Suvadiva, 37 /. 



D. IV, 7 ; A. 6. Length of the head about three times in the total length. Gill opening 

 small, superior. Preopercular spine with four posterior teeth. Eye diameter about three times 

 in the length of the head. Brownish, with darker bands or blotches, and with a series of 

 narrow transverse bands on the gill membranes. The single sj^ecimen is 24 mm. in total 

 length, and probably belongs to a hitherto undescribed species. 



Fam. Blenniidae. 



34. Petroscirtes sp. 



D. 26 ; A. 16. This fish was dredged at Bemamfuri, N. Mahlos, in the lagoonlet, at a 

 depth of four fathoms, in a Gastropod shell. Mr Gardiner says, "I kept this fish alive for 

 some hours in a basin, it would swim round, always returning to its house. The favourite 

 position was with the head just projecting out of the mouth of the shell." 



The specimen is 28 mm. long. 



