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Dorsal VI, I 9; dorsal spines produced into filaments, the third the longest, when laid 

 back nearly reaching the caudal fin. Anal I 8. Pectoral longer than the head ; 

 ventrals extending beyond the origin of anal. Caudals rounded. Vertical fins dusky ; 

 a dark spot on the upper part of the base of pectoral. 



Seychelles Group, Aniirante, 30 fathoms. 



Three specimens, measuring up to 35 mm. in total length. 



134. Eleotris lantzii, Thomin. 

 Chagos Archipelago, Peros. 



135. Gobizis nebztloptiuciatus, C. & V. 



Chagos Archipelago, Salomon; Seychelles Group, Coetivy. 



136. Gobitcs semidoliatus, C. & V. 

 Maldives, N. Male, 35 fathoms. 



137. Gob ins ophthalmot(Bnia, Blkr. 



Maldives, N. Male, 36 fathoms, and S. Nilandu, 35 fathoms. 



138. Gobius ornatus, Riipp. 

 Maldives, 27 to 36 fathoms. 



139. Cryptocentriis octofasciatus, sp. n. (Plate 29. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body 4-|- in the length, length of head 3f . Breadth of head a little less than 

 its depth, which is f of its length. Snout declivous, as long as the eye, the diameter 

 of which is 4^ in the length of head ; interorbital space narrow. Jaws equal anteriorly ; 

 maxillary extending to below posterior edge of eye ; teeth in bands, the outer series 

 enlarged ; a pair of canines in the upper jaw. Suboperculum produced forward into a 

 spine. Head naked ; body covered with small cycloid scales, about 75 in a longitudinal 

 series. Dorsal VI, I 10 ; spines slightly projecting beyond the membrane, the third 

 longest, f the length of head, a Kttle longer than the fourth, which is equal to the 

 longest soft rays. Anal I 9. Caudal rounded, f the length of the fish. Pectorals and 

 ventrals subeqvial in length, a little shorter than the head. Body with 8 dark vertical 

 bars separated by 7 pale stripes and with scattered pale blue spots ; blue spots on head 

 and anterior parts of body arranged round some small rounded blackish spots ; similar 

 blackish spots in two irregular series on the dorsal fins. 



Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia. 



A single specimen, 75 mm. in total length. 



Very closely allied to C. meleagris (Ehrenberg), C. & V. {Gobius cryptocentrus, C. & V.), 

 figures of which show the body crossed by 10 pale stripes instead of 7, the pale blue spots 

 smaller and more numerous, and no black spots on the head or body. 



140. Soplopomus caninoides, Blkr. 

 Maldives, 27 to 36 fathoms. 



This species, originally described from the East Indian Archipelago, is also represented 



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