new Species of Gobiiclae. 145 



longer than tl»e diameter of the eye, which is rather nioie 

 than one fit'tli of the length of the head. Head naked ; small 

 scales on nape. No canines, but the outer series of the teeth 

 enlarged. Upper pectoral rays not silk-like. Ventral rather 

 narrow and tubular, not reaching quite to the vent ; })ectorals 

 reaching slightly beyond the vcntrali^, to the vent. Reddish 

 brown, becoming paler on the lower parts of the body ; head 

 covered with small black spots and dots ; a longitudimil lateral 

 dark brown band from within the axil of the j)ectoral to the 

 caudal. 



One specimen, in the collection of the British Museum, from 

 Fernando Po, was collected by Capt. Burton, after whom it is 

 named. Length Sg inches. 



Gohius castaneuSj sp. n. 

 D. ll. A. f,. L. lat. 70-72. 



The height of the body is one sixth, the length of the 

 head one fourth, of the total length. Head as broad as high, 

 naked, as well as the nape in one specimen, in the other a 

 few scales in front of the dorsal. Scales small. Interorbital 

 space a little less than the diameter of the eye, which is one 

 fifth of the length of the head. Snout as long as the eye ; 

 cleft of the mouth oblique, with the lower jaw prominent. 

 Teeth small; canines none. The first dorsal is not so high 

 as the body ; the second is higher than the first, and nearly 

 as high as the body. Caudal rounded. Light brown, deeper 

 on the back ; anal and ventral dark-coloured or darker towards 

 their extremities ; dorsal fins each with three or four longitu- 

 dinal rows of dark brown dots ; caudal similarly dotted. 



Two small specimens in the collection of the British Museum 

 represent this species ; they are from Nagasaki. 



Euctenogobius stngatus, sp. n. 

 D. 6^. A. Yo- L- lat. 58. 



The heiglit of the body is one seventh of the total length ; 

 the length of tiie head is contained four times and a half in the 

 same. The eyes are almost close together, equal to the length 

 of the snout in diameter, and not quite one third of the length 

 of the head. Head naked, nape scaly ; the length of the head 

 is double its breadth and height, which are equal. Fourteen 

 longitudinal series of scales between the dorsal and anal fins. 

 Ventral distant from vent by about half its length. First 

 dorsal lower than the second. Reddish brown, with numerous 

 darker narrow vertical streaks on each side of the body from 



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