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noniiD.K 



so far. Cuuilul rounded. | to ^ lengtli of licad. Caudal ])cduuclo 

 I^ times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 55-56 in longitudinal series, 

 17-19 in transverse series between dorsal and anal. Olive above, 

 spotted and marbled with blackish, dirty yellowish beneath ; fins dark 

 grey, first dorsal streaked with black, second dorsal and anal with small 

 black spots, both dorsals edged with whitish. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 1-:'.. Types. Little Brak R., Mossel Bay. Dr. J. \\ F. Gilclirist (?.). 



Fig. 1 (!. 



Gohius (j'tlclirisli. 

 TyiJe. 



0. GOBIUS NL'DICEPS. 



Cuv. .t Val. Hist. Puiss. xii. p. r,5 (1837) ; BIcok. Nat. TijJsclir. Nedcrl. I.i.l. 



xxi. ISt'id, p. 7:5 : (Jiintli. Cat. Fis]i. ill. p. i;5 (l.Sdl) ; Kiior. Xovara, Fisclu-, 



p. 177 (l.Sll'.t). 

 (ioh'ins (jy)niiaui-Ju'n (iion Bleck.), M. Wdicr, ZdoI. .Taiir'o., Sysf. x. 1<S',17, p. 144. 



Body cylindrical ; depth of body about 5 times in total length, length 

 of head 3^ times. Head 1^ times as long as broad, naked; snout not 

 longer than eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of head, and about 

 twice inttrorbital width; lower jaw projecting; mouth extending to 

 bel(;w anterior border of eye ; teeth in a band, outer enlarged. Dorsals 

 "\'I, 1 10. Anal 1 10. Caudal rounded. Anterior part of back arched 4 

 scales ciliated, 56-60 in longitudinal series, 22 in transverse series 

 between dorsal and anal. Brown or blackish olive; a deep violet or 

 ])lack band, edged with whitish, at the base of the pectoral fin ; first 

 dorsal with dark and light lines and the margin yellow ; second dorsal 

 with oblique blackish lines; caudal dotted with blackish. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Cape of Good Hope and Xutal (lUovo T{.). — Types in Paris Museum. 



