3G GOBIID.E. 



It;. GOBIUS HYPSELOSOMA. 



Bleek. Arcli. Ntierl. ii. 18(J7, \>. 407, ami Poiss. Mudag. p. ")1, pi. xxi. fig. I 



(1875) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poi.s.<. p. 3C)8, pi. xxxix. fig. (I8'.tl). 

 yGohius inofjniillins, Bleek. II. cc. p. 411 &, p. o3, pi. xv. fig. I; Sauv. op. cit. 

 ji. 371, pi. xl. fig. 1. 



IJody compressed ; depth of body of to 4 times in totul length, lengtli 

 of head 3g times. Head If to If times as long as broad, naked ; snout 

 a little shorter than postociilar part of head ; eye 5 times in length of 

 head, I to I width of interorbital region ; jaws equal in front ; mouth 

 extending a little beyond vertical of anterior border of eye ; teeth in 

 villiform bands. Dorsals VI, I 10, well separated from cacli other, 

 longest rays f length of head. Anal I 10, opposite to second dorsal. 

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

 rounded, a little shorter than head. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long 

 as deep. Scales ciliated, 55 in longitudinal series, 14-15 in transverse 

 series between dorsal and anal. Purplish brown, fins dark, dorsals and 

 anal with light spots. 



Total length 100 millim. 



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



17. GOBIUS OCELLAUIS. 



Brousson. Iclitliyol. ]>\. ii. (1782) ; (,'uv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. US (1837); 



Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. G4 (1801), and Fische Siidsee, iii. p. 177, pi. cviii. 



fig. C (1877) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 37.5, pi. xl. fig. 2 & xli. fig. 5 



(1891). 

 (lohins iiitjriiiiimis, Cuv. it \'al. t. c. ]i. 101. 

 (u)liii(s meUiiiopterus, Bleek. Arch. Neeil. ii. 18(J7, p. 4U0, and Poiss. IMadag. 



p. 52, pi. XX. fig. 1 (1875). 

 Aicacus ocellaris, Bleek. Verb. Ak. .Xm^terd. xviii. I87it, p. 17. 



Body compressed ; depth of body 4 to 5 times in total length, 

 length of head 3^ to 3^ times. Head 1^ to '2 times as long as broad, 

 scaly on occiput, cheek, and u\>peY jiart of gill-cover ; snout as long as 

 postocular part of head in adult, shorter in young ; eye 4 .^ (young) to 7 

 times in length of head, equal to or a little less than interorbital widtii 

 in adult ; mouth inferior, extending to below anterior border of eye or 

 not quite so far; teeth in villifrom bands. Dorsals VI, 1 10, well 

 separated from each other, longest rays about i length of head. Anal 

 I 10, opposite to second dorsal. Pectoral | to| length of head, ^'enlral 



