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GOBIID-E. 



twice as long as eye, which is nearly 6 times in lengtli of liead and a 

 little less than inteiorbital width ; jaws equal in front ; mouth extending 

 to below posterior border of eye ; teeth in broad bands, outer scarcely 

 enlarged. Dorsals \l, I 10, well separated from each other, longest 

 rays about ^ length of head. Anal I 10, opposite to second dorsal. 

 Pectoral | length of head. Ventral not reaching vent. Caudal rounded, 

 shorter than head. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as deep. 

 >Scales ciliated, 65 in longitudinal series, 20 in transverse series between 

 dorsal and anal. Olive-brown above, pinkish olive beneath ; fins dark 

 brown, with the rays orange. 



Total length 265 millim. 



Sambirano R., N.W. Madagascar. — Type in Lcyden Museum. 



Fiir. 1 7. 



Goliius iriicofnsciis. 

 Type, after I'eters (lleise Mossamb.). f . 



10. GOBIUS .ENEOFUSCUS. 



Peters, Mou. Berl. Ac 1852, p. 081 ; Giiiitli. ('at. Fish. iii. p. 01 (1801) ; Petens 

 Keise Mossamb. iv. p. 18, pi. iii. fig. 1 (1808); Steiud. Sit/.b. Ak. Wieii, 

 Ixxxii. i. 1880, p. 242. 

 Gobiiis banana (non (_'uv. & Val.), Sativ. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. ;'>70, pi. xxxviii. 

 fig. 1(1891). 

 Body cylindrical or feebly compressed ; deptli of body 5 to (i times 

 in total length, length of head o? to of times. Head H to nearly 

 '1 limes as long as broad, naked; snout rounded, witli curved upper 

 profile, I to I length of head; eye 4 (young) to 7 times in length of 

 head, equal to intcrorbital width in adult (1^ in young) ; mouth sub- 

 inferior, extending to below anterior border of eye or not quite so far ; 

 teeth in narrow villiform bands. Dorsal AT, I 10, ratlier widely 

 separated, longest rays about \ length of head. Anal 1 10, opposite 



