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206 REPORT—1845. 
Much like the last, and like it distinguished from the other Gobies by a greater number 
of rays than usual in the first dorsal. In this species that fin has a black mark. The Cam- 
bridge Philosophical Institution has two specimens, collected by the Rev. George Vachell. 
Hab. Macao. 
GoBIUS LAGERSTROEMIANUS. Gob. eleotris, Lin. Amcen. Acad. Dec. 1754. : 
“ Rad. B. 5; D.11|-10; A.9; C.9! P. 20; V. 10.” (Lin.) 
In the paper above quoted, which is entitled “ Chinensia Lagerstroemiana,” Linneus cha- 
racterises a Goby in the following terms:—* Lingua levis. Dentes parvi acuminati. Oculi 
a tergo capitis. Radiis pinne dorsi prime acuminatis mollibus simplicibus. Pinne ventrales 
fere infundibuliformes. Cauda integra, rotundata. Piscis totus wna cum pinnis nebulosus.” 
It seems to be allied to the preceding two species by the large number of rays in the first 
dorsal. 
Hab. China, 
Gosius TANNOAO, Osbeck, Voy. to China, Engl. tr.i.p.201. “ Rad. B. 4? 
D. 11|-10; A. 13; C.18; V. 12. funnel-shaped.” (Osb.) 
Osbeck, in the account of his voyage to China, performed in 1751, but not published till 
1757, and after his specimens had been examined by Linnzus, mentions a Goby, which is 
called Tunnoao by the Chinese, and which he considers to be the same with the G. niger of 
Linneus. This mistake is pointed out in the ‘ Histoire des Poissons’ by M. Valenciennes (xiv. 
p- 16), but in quoting the rays of the first dorsal from Osbeck, there is a misprint of 1| for 11). 
At page 188 of the volume of the work just quoted, this fish is suspected to be a variety of 
the Periophthalmus kelreuteri ; and it is possible that both this and the preceding species may 
actually belong to that genus. In the German translation of Osbeck’s ‘ Voyage,’ this species 
appears to have been named Apocryptes cantonensis (C. et V. J. c.)s 
Hab. Canton. 
GoBIOIDES MELANURUS, Broussonnet ( Gobius), MSS.; Descript. of Anim. 
p. 147. fig. 158. “ Rad. D. 18; A.9; C.13; P.14; V. 7.” (Id. Z.¢.) 
The figure here quoted has a general resemblance to Gobioides broussonneti of Lacépéde 
(C. et V. pl. 348), but the single dorsal and the anal occupy ‘ess space. The name of Gobius 
melanurus was written by Broussonnet himself over the figure, and he mentions the species by 
the same appellation in his first decade. The pectorals appear to be funnel-shaped, but their 
rays have most probably been incorrectly counted. The unknown author of the work gives 
us merely the following notice of the characters in addition to the numbers of the rays quoted . 
above :—* Nearly cylindrical. Head roundish. One dorsal. Tail pointed with a black spot 
on the base of the fin” above the middle. “ Eight inches long.” 
Hab. “In Canton river. Eaten by the Chinese.” | 
ApocryPTES SERPERASTER, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 3.55; Hardw. 239. 
Chinese name, Pih-shay, “White snake” (Birch); Pak hop, ** White frog” 
(Reeves); Pak kop (Bridgem. Chrest.’73). Rad. D.6|-27; A.27; C.23; 
P. 23; V. 1/5-1|5, united. 
This fish is very commonly carried about the streets for sale. Two specimens, now in the 
museum of the Cambridge Philosophical Institution, were brought from China by the Rev. 
George Vachell. They have less resemblance to Osbeck’s figure of Apocryptes pectinirostris 
than what is shown by a Boleophthalmus, obtained in the same seas by Mr. Vachell and 
noticed below. 4. serperaster has a long pointed caudal, and scales sufficiently visible to the j 
naked eye, but not ciliated, or only sparingly and deciduously so. A skinny preorbitar lip. 
Three canines on each intermaxillary, and one interior one on each side of the symphysis 
below. Twenty-one side teeth on each limb of the upper jaw, and sixteen horizontal ones . 
with incurved tips on each limb of the lower jaw. Five rays of first dorsal nearly of equal 
length, the sixth very short, and omitted in Reeves’s figure. The last ray of the second 
dorsal and anal divided to the base. Colour dirty wood-brown with darker patches at intervals. t 
Paler and silvery on the sides and belly. The figure shows none of the spots or blue lines on t 
the dorsaJs which exist in Osbeck’s pectinirostris, Length of the specimens 6 inches, of the 
caudal nearly 1} inch. Length from snout to anus 2°2 inches. 
Hab. Macao. 
TRYPAUCHEN VAGINA, C. et V. xii. p. 153; Icon. Reeves, 6. 57; Hardw. 
Acanth. 283. Chinese name, Hung tae, “Red lae” (Reeves, Birch, 
Bridgem. Chrest. 230). 
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