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llie jaws ; cavhics snwelimen present. Anterior dorsal Jin jvilli from five to 

 xix JliyiUile spines : the posterior wore developed and of the same character 

 as the hnal : ventrals united, forming a disc, lohich is not attached to the 

 abdomen.; each has one spine and five rays. Scales present or absent and 

 either cycloid or ctenoid. Lateral line absent. Air-vessel when present gene- 

 rally small. Pyloric appendages usually absent. 



17. Gobius giiiris, Ilaiii. Bncli. Ooo-loo-wah anil Boul-la, I'aiij. : 

 Gooloo, Siiulaiul N. VV. I'rov.: Knrddn, Mai.: Oolooway,'Vsim. : Tsikidundu 

 Tel. : Gnlah, Ooriali : yga-tha-boh, IJmin. : Poo-dah, Anil. D. O/j,'.,,, A. j.'g, 

 L. 1. 2G-34. Blotched and spotted with rusty brown. Found in all pieces 

 of fresh water throug'liout the ])lains of India, Burma, the Andatnans, 

 and occasionally within tidal iulhienee. It attains a foot and a half ia 

 length. 



18. Gobiiis 7iunus,lla.n\. Buch. D. 0/.5 (?) A. 7. Greenish, with six 

 lihick belts. A small g'oby, found in the lower portions of the Ganges 

 and Irrawaddi Rivers, but ascending above tidal inducnee. 



19. Gobius 3Ialabaricus, Bay. D. 6/^^. A. 1I,L.1. 50,L. tr. 10. 

 Brown with a black crescentic white ednpd mark on the first dorsal 

 (iu. It is found in Malabar and IMadras, and is only a small species. 



Gobins neglect us, 3 Q\-i\on. D. (i/ll, A. 10-11, L. 1. ca .')(). A mo- 

 derately sized goby, found along the bases of the Weslerii Ghfits. 



Genus — EucTEnoaoBius, Gill. 



Branchiostegals si.v. Body elongated. Eyes not prominent. Gill- 

 openings rather narroiv, not extending to the lower surface of the head. 

 Teeth in one roiv in the upper jaio, in several rows in the lower: no ca- 

 nines : palate edentulous. Inferior pharyngeal bones of an elongated tri- 

 angular shape, having a median longitudinal suture. Two dorsal fins — the 

 first with six fexible spines : ventrals united, not adherent to the abdomen. 



SO. Euctenogobins siriatus. Day. Coondallum oolooway, Tnm. : 

 Mahtnri, if young IS!aolli,Oov\a\\ : Nga-ka-tha-po, Burm. D. C/y'g, A. 11, 

 L. 1. 51, L. tr. 20. Buff coloured with some vertical bands. Found 

 throughout the lower districts of Madras, Bengal, and Burma, attaining 

 G inches in length. 



Genus — Periopbthaljius, Bl.-Schn. 



Branchiostegals five : pseudobranchim rudimentary. Body sub- 

 cylindrical. Eyes placed close together, very prominent, and the outer 

 eyelid well developed. Gill-openings rather narrow. Teeth in both jaws 

 vertical and conical. Two dorsal fins — the first with a varying number of 

 flexible spines : ventrals united in their loiver tico-thirds : base of jwctoral 

 inuscular : caudal with its lower edge obliquely truncated. Air-vessel 

 absent. Scales, small or of moderate size, ctenoid, covering body and base 

 of pectoral Jin. 



21. Periophtkalmns Schlosseri,Vii\\. Nga-]-iyan,Ti\irn\. T).7/},A. 

 1 4. Colours, with blue spots on the body ; fins banded wit li varying colours. 

 Mouths of large rivers in India and Burma, asceudiug above f'dal 

 iulluence ; rarely exceeds 3 inches iu length. 



