AHSTKALIAN flOF.lIP.'p: McCULLOCH AND OOILBV. 215 



Locs. — Somerset, Norili Queensland; coll. Kendall Broadbent. An 

 Indian example from Bombay, in the Australian Museum, was identified 

 by Dr. Day. 



Distribution. — Eastern coast of India to China and Southern Japan. 

 North-eastern Australia. 



(GrOfilDS) HINSBYI, Joh}l.st07l. 



(Plate xxxiii., fig. 1.) 



Gohiiis pietiis, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., i., 1872, p. 124 (Not G. 

 pietus, Malm, 1863). Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, v., 

 1881, p. 599. H., Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. (2), ii., 1890, p. 28. 



Gobiiis hinsbyi, Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1902 (1903), abstract p. 



X. — Nomen nudum. 



D. vii/9 ; A. 9 ; P. 19 ; V. i/5 ; C. 13. 50 rows of scales between 

 the axil and the hypural joint, and about 15 between the anterior dorsal 

 and anal rays. 



Depth before the ventrals 5*4 in the length to the hypural joint ; 

 head 35 in the same. Eye 4 in the head, a little shorter than the snout 

 which is 33 in the head. Depth of the caudal peduncle 3'3 in the head. 

 Breadth before the pectorals 108 in the depth. 



Head subcylindrical, about as deep as broad. Operculum covered 

 with small scales, and a few are present on the cheeks, but they are more 

 or less completely hidden in mucous. Rows of mucigerous papillae extend 

 across the cheeks and opercles, and around the preopercular border. 

 Some open pores are present on the interorbital region, around the eye, 

 and along the nuchal groove. Eyes close together, the interorbital space 

 being a narrow ridge. Snout convex, obtusely conical. Nostrils rather 

 close together, the anterior in a short tube midway between the eye and 

 the preorbital, the posterior a simple opening. Mouth a little oblique, 

 the mandible a little shorter than the upper jaw ; the maxilla reaches to 

 below the posterior nostril. Teeth subequal in size, in three or four rows 

 in the anterior part of each jaw which are reduced to one or two as they 

 extend backward. Tongue rounded and free anteriorl}'. Gill-openings 

 continued well forward below, and separated by a narrow isthmus which 

 is much narrower than the eye. Exposed edge of the shoulder-girdle 

 smooth. 



Body robust, subcylindrical anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. The 

 scales are small and ctenoid, and extend forward to the nape behind the 

 eye ; they also cover the breast and the base of the pectoral, where they 

 are smaller and cycloid. Caudal peduncle more than three times as long 

 as deep. Genital papilla large and pointed. 



Dorsal fin originating above the anterior half of the pectoral ; it is 

 rounded, and the third spine is longest but does not reach the second 

 dorsal when adpressed. Dorsal rays incieasiug in length backwards, the 

 second about equal to the length of the base of the fin, and a little higher 

 than the longest spine. Anal opposite the second dorsal and of similar 



