ADSTKALIAN GOBIID^ McCDLLOCH AND OGILBY. 237 



Golonr-iiiarhing. — Whitish iu formaline, mottled with olive-green 

 script-like markings on the head and upper balf of the body ; four larger 

 dark blotches along the sides, and a blackish spot at the base of tlie tail. 

 Operculum with a dark blotch. Dorsal and caudal fins with rows of 

 greyish spots on the rays ; base of the pectoral with a dark bar on its 

 tipper portion. 



Described from a specimen 127 mm. long, from the Flinders River, 

 Queensland, which is quite similar to an Indian example received from 

 Dr. Francis Day. 



Sijiioiiyiui/. — Gobiiis scuiroides, Castelnau, was described from a specimen 

 seven inches long, which was taken in the Norman River, Gulf of Carpen- 

 taria. We have an example rather less than five inches long from the 

 same locality, which agrees with Castelnau's description in most details, 

 though it has fewer scales and more numerous dorsal rays. It is identical 

 with G. giuris, and indicates that G. sauroides is synonymous with that 

 species. 



The holotype of Eleotris laticeps, De Vis, is preserved iu the Queensland 

 Museum. It has been stuffed and is now very imperfect, the fins being 

 much broken, while no trace of its colour-marking remains. It is clearly 

 identical with G. giuris, however, even a portion of the membrane uniting 

 the ventrals being preserved between the bases of the fins. 



Loes. — Flinders River, near Richmond, Queensland ; coll. F. L. Berney. 

 Norman River, Gulf of Cai^pentaria ; coll. Dr. C. Taylor. Port Darwin, 

 Northern Australia ; Macleay Museum. 



Glossogobius biocellatds, Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Gobius biocellatus, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii., 1837, 

 p. 73. Id., Giiuther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iii., 1861, p. 20. Id., 

 Day, Fish. India, 1876, p. 289, pi. Ixiii., fig. 8. 



Gobius (Glossogobius) biocellatus, Weber, "Siboga" Exped.,lvii., 1913, p. 470. 



Glossoqobius vaisiganis, Joi'dan and Seale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bureau, xxv., 

 1906, p. 403, fig. 93. 



D. vi/10; A. 9; P. 17; V. i/5 ; C. 13. 29 rows of scales between 

 the upper base of the pectoral and the hypural joint ; 9 between tlie 

 anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth 6" 5 in the length between the premaxillary symphysis and tlie 

 hypural joint ; head, without mandible, 3"1 in the same. Ej'e 4'6 in the 

 head, and 1"2 iu the snout, which is 4 in the head. Interorbital space 

 4'2 in the eye. Depth of caudal peduncle 3"5 in the head ; breadth 

 between the bases of the pectorals slightly greater than the depth. Second 

 dorsal spine 2'I, second dorsal ray 1"7, penultimate anal ray 1'6, and 

 caudal 1"3 in the head. 



Head wholly naked, mucigerous system not well defined. Eyes 

 superior, separated by a very narrow intei'space. Snout long, pointed, 

 the mandible much longer than the upper jaw. Maxilla almost reaching 

 the vertical of the hinder oi'bital margin. Anterior nostril in a short 

 tube, the posterior a large opening, much nearer the eye than the end of 

 the snout. An outer row of curved, subulate teeth in the premaxillary, 



