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earlier description, Giinther states that G. puntangoides is without canines 

 and has the eyes close together, while later he recognised small canines and 

 described the eyes as about one diameter apart. Day described and figni-ed 

 the maxillary as reaching to below the middle of the eye, whereas in our 

 specimens, as in those of Bleeker and Giinther, it does not extend so far. 



Loct!. — Cape York, Queensland ; type of Gobins coiicolor, De Vis. 

 Normanby Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group ; type of G. maculipimiis, 

 Macleay. Andaman Islands ; Dr. Day's collection. 



Distribatioii. — From the Andaman Islands, through Malaysia, to 

 North-eastern Australia, the Solomon Islands and the Caroline Islands. 



Genus MuGiLOGOBlus, Smitt. 



Mngilogobins, Smitt, Ofv. Ak. Forh., 1S99, p. 552 (Gtenogobiiis abel, Jordan 

 & Snyder). 



Key to the Australian species. 



a. 41-47 scales between the axil and the hypural devisi. 



aa. 31 scales between the axil and the hypural... galwayi. 



MUGILOGOBIDS DEVISI, nam. IIOV. 



(Plate xxxvi., fig. 2.) 



Gobius stigmaticutt, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 6S6 

 (Not SmaragdiCH stigviaticvs, Poey, = Gobtus^^ ). 



D. vi/10 ; A. 9 ; P. 16 ; V. i/5 ; C. 16. 40-47 rows of scales between 

 the axil and the hypural joint, and 13-17 between the anterior dorsal and 

 anal rays'^i. 



Depth of the body before the dorsal fin 4-1 in the length to the 

 hypural joint ; head 3'3 in the same. Eye 4 in the head, which is sub- 

 equal to the length of the snout, and 1"09 in the interocular space. Depth 

 of the caudal peduncle 2 in the head, and breadth before the pectoral 

 bases 1*2 in the depth. 



Head broader than deep, somewhat depressed. Operculum covered 

 with small scales, cheeks naked. Eyes rather small, superolateral, and 

 separated by a broad slightly concave interspace. Snout obtuse, the jaws 

 subequal. The anterior nostril in a low tube near the upper lip, the 

 posterior close to the orbital margin. Mouth slightly oblique, maxillary 

 reaching backward to beyond the middle of the eye. Premaxillary teeth 

 in a narrow band, the outer row somewhat enlarged and conical ; mandib- 

 ular teeth in a broader band, the posterior row somewhat enlarged. 

 Tongue largely free, subtruncate anteriorly. Gill-opening lateral, some- 

 what broader than the isthmus ; the exposed edge of the shoulder-girdle 

 smooth. 



10 There is some doubt as to whether a new specific name is necessary for this 

 species or not. In substituting the name devisi for stigmaticus we have been guided 

 by an opinion published by the Malacological Society, which deals with a precisely 

 similar case. — Proc. Malacol. Soc, vi., 3, 1904, p. 130. 



" The scales are smaller and more irregular in one specimen than in the other. 



