148 CLASS XIV. 



BLEEKER refers to this sub-genus a species from Java, Eleotris opkicepha- 

 lus K. and V. H. 



Eleotris VAL. Teeth in vomer none. 



Sp. Eleotris strigata Cuv., Gobius strigatus BROUSS. Dec., Tab. i ; Eleotris 

 mugiloides Cuv., VALENC., Scicena maculata BLOCK, Ichih. Tab. 299, fig. 

 2, &c. 



II. Ventral fins with first raj' aculeate, the rest split, united 

 together or joined to form a single infundibuliform fin. 



Periophthalmus BL., SCHN. Teeth cylindric or conical in a 

 single row in both jaws, palatine teeth none. Eyes contiguous, 

 furnished at the inferior margin with a folded eye-lid. Pectoral fins 

 placed upon a scaly peduncle. Dorsal fins two. Branchiostegous 

 membrane with five rays. 



Sp. Periophthalmus Schlosseri BL., SCHN., Gobius Schlosseri PALL., Spicil. 

 Zool. Tab. I. figs, i 4, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PL 81. fig. i; Mo- 

 lucca Islands. In some species the teeth of the lower jaw are very fine, 

 with the exception of the two middle teeth, which are placed somewhat 

 backward. They form the genus Boleophthalmus of VALENCIENNES. To it 

 belongs Periophthalmus Boddcerti, Gobius striatus BL. Syst. Ichih. Tab. 14, 

 &c. 



Sicydium VALENC. 



Cornp. VALENC. in Cuv. et VAL., Poiss. xn. p. 167. Sp. Gobius 

 Plumieri BLOCH, IcMh. Tab. 178, fig. 3, LACEP. Pom. PI. 15, fig. i ; 

 Gobius lagocephalus PALL., Spic. Zool. vm. Tab. 2, fig. 6, 7, &c. 



Gobius L. (in part). Body covered with scales, sometimes very 

 small ; cheeks and opercles naked. Teeth crowded, numerous, 

 small in both jaws, with an arrterior row of teeth conical, larger ; 

 palatine teeth none. Branchiostegous membrane with five rays. 

 Ventral fins united by the inner edge and by a transverse limb at 

 the base, resembling a funnel. 



a) Dorsal fins two. 



Sp. Gobius niger L., YABBELL Brit. Fishes, i. p. 251, Skandinav. Fislcar, 

 PI. 36; in the North Sea; Gobius capito Cuv., GUER. Iconogr., Poiss. 

 PL 39, fig. i ; in the Mediterranean Sea. There are also fresh-water 

 species of this genus; Gobius fiuviatilis BONELLI, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., 

 Poiss. PL 80, fig. 2 ; in Italy, and others in the East Indies. 



b) Dorsal fin single. Gobio'ides LAC., VALENC. 



Sp. Gobioides Broussoneti LAC., Gobius oblongus SCHN., Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. 

 xii. PL 348. 



