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43. GOBIUS LENTIGINOSUS. Rich. 



G. le7diyinosas, Rich., p. 3, pi. 1. Giintli., III., 20. 



D.^l; K.I; L. Lat., 26. 



Head about as high as broad ; eyes very close together, of moderate 

 size ; snout moderately long, with the lower jaw j)roininent ; head 

 naked ; teeth small. 



Honey yellow, marbled and spotted with blackish brown and dotted 

 with white ; a dark spot at the I'oot of the caudal ; dorsal and caudal 

 dotted with black ; anal and ventrals immaculate (Glinth.) 



Bay of Islands (Giinth.) 



I have seen no specimens. 



44. GOBIUS AMICIENCIS. C. and V. 



G. amiciencis, Giinth., III., 35. 

 D. 6|i;A.i. 



Body thick, its height being equal to the length of the head, and one- 

 fourth of the total ; head convex, as high as long ; canine teeth ; caudal 

 rounded ; ventral subcircular ; scales of moderate size. 

 Brownish (Giinth.) 



Tongatabou ; Carteret Harbour, New Zealand (Giinth.) 

 I have seen no specimens, and doubt its occurrence here, as there is 

 no such place as Carteret Harbour in New Zealand. 



Eleotris. 



Body subcjdindrical, scaly ; head rather large ; eyes lateral ; teeth 

 small ; ventrals not united. 



Fresh water fishes of the Tropics. 



45. ELEOTRIS GOBIOIDES. C. and V. CM. 



Bull-head. 



U. gohioides, Rich., p. 4, pi. 2. Giinth., III., p. 114. E. basalts, Gray. 



D. 6 I j^ ; A. ^^ ; L. Lat, 36 - 40 ; L. Trans., 9-11. 



Length three and a quai-ter or three and a half times that of the head, 

 or four and a half or five times the height of the body ; interorbital 

 space flat or concave ; scales minutely ciliated. 



Blackish brown, with a light colored vertical band across the root of 

 the pectoral fins. 



