148 CLASS XIV. 



Bleeker refers to this sub-genus a species from Java, Eleotris oj^hice/pha- 

 lus K. and V. H. 



Eleotris Yal. Teeth in vomer noue. 



Sp. Eleotris strlgata Cuv., Gohius strigatiis Brouss. Dec, Tab. i ; — Eleotris 

 mur/iloides Cuv., Valenc, Scicena maculata Bloch, IcJdh. Tab. 299, fig. 

 2, &c. 



II. Ventral fins with first ray aculeate, the rest split, united 

 together or joined to form a single infundibuliform fin. 



Perioj)hthahm(s Bl., Schn. Teeth cjlindric or conical in a 

 single row in both jaws, palatine teeth none. Eyes contiguous, 

 furnished at the inferior margin with a folded eye-lid. Pectoral fins 

 placed upon a scaly peduncle. Dorsal fins two. Branchiostegous 

 membrane with five rays. 



Sp. Perioplithahuus Schlosseri Bl., Schn., Gohius Schlosseri Pall., Spidl. 

 Zool. Tab. I. figs. I — 4, Cdv. R. Ani., ed. ill, Poiss. PI. 81. fig. i; Mo- 

 lucca Islands. In some species the teeth of the lower jaw are very fine, 

 with the exception of the two middle teeth, which are placed somewhat 

 backward. They form the genus Boleophthalmus of Valenciennes. To it 

 belongs Periophthalmtis Boddarii, Gobms striatus Bl. Syst. Ichtli. Tab. 14, 

 &c. 



Sicydium Valenc. 



Comp. Valenc. in Cuv. et Val., Poiss. xii. p. 167. Sp. Gobius 

 Plumieri Bloch, JcJitJi. Tab. 178, fig. 3, Laoep. Poiss. PI. 15, fig. 2; — 

 GoMus lafjocephalus Pall., Spic. Zool. viii. Tab. 2, fig. 6, 7, &c. 



Gohius L. (in part). Body covered with scales, sometimes very 

 small; cheeks and opercles naked. Teeth crowded, numerous, 

 small in both jaws, with an anterior row of teeth conical, larger ; 

 palatine teeth none. Branchiostegous membrane with five rays. 

 Ventral fins united by the inner edge and by a transverse limb at 

 the base, resembling a funnel. 



a) Dorsal fins two. 



Sp. Gobius niger L., Yarrell Brit. Fishes, i. p. 251, Skandinav. Fishar, 

 PI. 36; in the North Sea; — Gobius capita Cuv., Guer. Iconogr., Poiss. 

 PI. 39, fig. I ; in the Mediterranean Sea. — There are also fresh-water 

 species of this genus; Gohius fiuviatilis Bonelli, Cuv. R. Ani., id. ill., 

 Poiss. PI. 80, fig. 2 ; in Italy, and others in the East Indies. 



b) Dorsal fin single. Gobioides Lac, Valenc. 



Sp, Gobioides Broussoneti Lac, Gobius oblongus Schn., Cuv. et Val. Poiss. 

 XII. PI. 348, 



