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7. GOBIUS BU8TAMANT.EI. 

 Grecff, Sit/.l). Ges. Nut. Marburg, 18)^2, no. 2, p. :57, and 1SS4, p. .")0. 



Body slii>htly compressed ; depth of body 4| times in total length. 

 length of head o^ times. Head 1' times as lon<^ as broad, naked; 

 snout, ill adult, 3 times as long as eye, which is 6 times in lengtli of 

 head and equals interorbital width; upper jaw slightly overlapping 

 lower; mouth e-vtending to behiw anterior border of eye; teeth in a 

 band, outer enlarged. Dorsal VI, I 11. Anal I 11. Caudal rounded. 

 Scales feebly denticulate, 65 in longitudinal series. Olive-brown, belly 

 whitish ; vertical fins with brown spots. 



Total length 1^00 millim. 



San Thome Id., Cuilf of Guinea. 



1. All. l{io ilo Ouro. Dr. J. A. Honriqnes (P.). 



8. GOBH.S MADA(iAS(ARIENSI.S. 



Bleck. Arcli. Ni-cil. ii. 18(">7, p. 40.1. an. I I'oUs. Madag. p. 4.0. pi. xxi. fig. 2(^1875) ; 

 Saiiv. Hi.-t. Mulag., P..i-s. p. ;i7;!. pi. \1. tig. 4 (18".U). 



Body cylindrical ; deptli of body 4^ times in total length, length of 

 head 3i times. Head 1| times as long as broad, naked e.\cept on the 

 cheeks, which bear scattered small scales ; snout pointed, a little more 

 than twice as long as eye, which is nearly 6 times in length of liead 

 and a little less than interorbital width ; jaws equal in front ; mouth 

 extending to below centre of eye; teeth in broad bands, outer scarcely 

 enlarged. Dorsals ^'I, 1 10, well separated from cacli other, longest 

 rays f length of head. Anal 110, opposite to second dorsal. Pectoral 

 ^ length of head. A'ential not reaching vent. Caudal rounded, sliglitly 

 shorter than head. Caudal peduncle about 1| times as long as deep. 

 Scales ciliated. GO in longitudinal series, 18 in transverse series between 

 dorsal and anal. Olive-brown above, greenish white beneath ; tins 

 pin])lish l)rown, dorsals, caudfll, and pectorals with tlie rays orange. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Sanibirauo K., N.W. Madagascar. — Type in Leyden Museum. 



9. GUBIUS MALUuUllVNtHU«. 

 Bletk. Arch. Nt-erl. ii. 1867, j). 403, and Poiss. Madag. p. 48, pi. xs. fig. 2 (1875) ; 

 Sauv. Hist. Madag., Pois.*. p. 372, pi. .xxxix. fig. 7 (1891). 



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

 head 'd\ times. Head 1| times as lon^ as broad, naked; snout pointed, 



