246 KKCOIfKS OK lUK AlIsri.'AI.IAN MlSKl'.M. 



Gohins ryiiii(jer, Ciiviei- & ValeiicieimeB, JhiiL, p. S2. /(/., Ricliai-dsoii, 

 Ichtli. " Kiebiis & Terror." 1S4-4, p. 2. [»1. i., fij^s. 3-i. Id., Cantor, 

 Cat. Malay. Fisli., 1850, p. 184. /</., Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Ned. liid., 

 iii., 1852, [». 458. /</., Giintlier, Cat. Fish. lirit. Mus., iii., 1861, p. 

 29. /./., Day, Fi.sli. Malabar, 1865, p. Ill, and Fish. India, 1876, p. 

 288, pi. xlii., fig. 2. LI., Alleyne & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, i., 1877, p. 830. LI., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.WalcK, 

 ii., 1878, p. 356, and v., 1881, p. 595. /(/., Weber, " Siboga " Fxped., 

 Ivii., 1913, p. 461. 



(kitiius lirt'vijUlx, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., .\ii., 1837, p. 

 90. hi., Day, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 940. LI., Guntlier, Fisclie 

 Siidsee, vi., 1877, p. 176, pi. cviii., fig. g. /(/., Sanvage, Hist. Madag., 

 xvi., 1891, pi. xli., fig. 2. 



(tobiiiK (■((in'iins var. africaiiKs, Playfair, Fisli. Zanzibar., 1866, [). 71, pi. 

 ix., fig. 1. 



Gobhis caniniiK (var. nfricanns) , Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 Ivi. i., 1867, p. 313 (not (/. caninu.^, Cuv. & Val.). 



(iubiun anchenotaenia, Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., ii., 1867, p. 415, 

 and in Pollen & van Dam, Faun. Madag., iii., 1874, p. 56, pi. xviii., 

 fig. 1. Id., Sauvage, Hist. Madag., xvi., 1891, pi. xxxix., fig. 3. 



Cteiioijohius cn'ui(jer, Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., xiii., 1878, p. 54. 



Gohins festivut!, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, ix., 1884, p. 687. 



ConjidKiiderus criiiiger, Seale, Occ. Paj). Bishop !Miis., iv., 1906, p. 84. 



liliiniiijoliii(s )H'hnlosns, Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bureau, xxv., 1906, 

 p. 401. LL, Jordan & Richardson, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bureau, xxvii., 

 1908, p. 276, and Check List Fish. Philipp. Is., 1910, p. 47. 



liliinnijohins linK/i, Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. Fish. Bureau, xxvi., 1907, 

 p. 41, fig. 13. 



D. v(vi)/10; A. 10; P. 18; V. i/5 ; C. 13. 31 rows of scales be- 

 tween the uj)per base of the pectoi-al and the hypural joint, and 13 

 between the anterior dorsal and anal rays. 



Depth 4"3 in the lengtli to tlie hypural joint, liead 3*1 in the same. 

 Orbit 35 in the head, longer than the snout, which is 4"1 in the head ; 

 interorbital width 35 in the orbit. Breadth between the pectoral bases 

 1-2 in the deptii. Depth of the caudal peduncle 2-5 in the head. Third 

 dorsal spine 1'3, third dorsal lay 2-1, and the penultiniale anal ray 2-08 

 in the head ; pectoral 1*5, and caudal 1-3 in the head. 



Head naked; cheeks and operculum with many rows of mucigerous 

 pores, which also extend onto the snout, nape and mandible ; laiger open 

 pores are present on the upper surface of the head, along the nuchal 

 groove and around the preopercular border. Eyes large, separated by a 

 narrow, concave interorbital space. Snout forming a convex curve and 

 broadly rounded anteriorly ; anterior nostril in a short tube, the posterior 

 a simple opening. Mouth oblique, jaws equal, the maxilla reaching to 

 below the anterior fourth of the eye. A band of villiform teeth in each 

 jaw, and an outer row of enlarged subulate ones anteriorly, which extend 



