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and conical; the other teeth small and enamelled, placed on the 
summits of bony tubercles ; branchial membrane with six rays; 
body long, glabrous. 
Anarchicas lupas. — The Wolf-Fish. 
Plate LXXX. fig. 5. 
Ash-coloured above ; yellowish-white beneath ; dorsal fin the 
whole length of the back ; tail small, somewhat round. Two 
and a half feet long. Inhabits the North seas. 
Genus 17.—GOBI US.— Lacepede. 
Generic Character. —Head somewhat orbicular, of medium 
size ; cheeks tumid ; branchial membrane with four rays ; body 
elongated; having two dorsal fins, the posterior one long; ven¬ 
tral fins placed on the thorax, united towards their base into a 
hollow disc. 
Gohius shangua .— The Shangua Goeius. 
Plate LXXX. fig. 6. 
Body slippery, olive-green, clouded, with black dots above ; 
abdomen white; tail fin with beautiful square spots of black; 
eyes small, protuberant, and approaching closely. Six inches 
long. Inhabits the estuaries of the river Ganges. 
Genus IS. — GOBIOIDES.— Lacepede. 
Generic Character. — Head small; body elongated; ventral 
fins united and placed high on the thorax ; one dorsal fin only. 
Genus 19.—T.ZENIOIDES.— Lacepede. 
Generic Character. —With cirri on the upper lip ; eyes ex¬ 
cessively small; body greatly elongated and compressed ; pec¬ 
toral fins with numerous rays and shaped in the form of a disc; 
destitute of a caudal fin. 
Genus 20. — P ERIOP PIT HALM US.— Schneider. 
Generic Character. —Head covered with scales ; eyes approx¬ 
imate with an eyelid at their inferior margin ; branchial open¬ 
ings narrow; pectoral fins covered with scales, more than half 
their length. 
