1873.] FISHES FROM INDIA AND BURMA. IQQ 



EUCTENOGOBIUS * CRISTATUS, Sp. 110V 



D. 6/14 P. 21. V.i. A. 14. C.14. L. 1. 48. L. tr. 1 1 

 Length of head ft, of caudal J, height of body + of the total 

 length. Eyes rather superior, close together, with^L Lerorbita 



noTt "S '' trf 4 l6ngth ° f head ' l diamet <* from end of 

 nout. Head and body compressed, the width of the former opposite 

 the opercles equa ling its length from the middle of the eye P N 

 barbels or tentacle, above the orbit ; several very fine rows of warts 

 on the cheeks ; a low black-stained crest extending fromUe nape to 

 he base of the first dorsal fin. Cleft of mouth^erTobhaue^ex 

 tending o below the middle of the orbit. Teeth in a LT] Seal" 

 and fixed row in the upper jaw, in two rather widely sepSated rows 

 m the lower, the anterior horizontal ; no canines. InfS pWn 

 £„:?: <=lose juxtaposition along the median S fh e Tw " 

 having a T shape and a single row of teeth. Fins : all rays in the 

 SS -^elongated; the rays in the seS dort 

 increase in length to the last ; anal similar ; caudal pointed and 

 elongate; ventrals reach vent. Scale, cycloid, none on The head 

 or along the ; sides of the raised crest; 1 f rows' between "the oS 

 of the second dorsal and anal. Colours : olivaceous, a dark spot under 

 the eye ; a dark ocellus, surrounded by a brown edee at the h^.f 



s ?$ ?js =5£e? t^jsrjs trS 



caudal yellowish red, spotted in its upper half. Females not so 



bright as the males and dorsal spines a little shorter °' S ° 



-tf fl6. -Bombay. Numerous up to 5 inches. 



They were breeding in March. It is also found in Madras. 



Apocryptes madurensis, ? Bleeker 



p. 6/24 P. 19. V.l. A. 23. C. 12. L. 1. 53. 



Length of head f of caudal £, height of body I of the total length 

 Eyes diameter I of length of head? 1 diamete/from end of snout' 

 and I a diameter apart. Jaws rounded anteriorly, the cleft extend™ 



J£3r?w™J eh l nd ^ ? itj Wldth0f head ™th5ab^i iteKh* 

 Teeth twenty-five, bilobate ones on either side of the lower iaw a 



has a well-developed bfsal 'membrane and ^Sl^t ft' 



opi^^^&^^Sl'" »™ Gobies *™ «*»oid and some 

 genus. In my « fishes Silt IslanT » ^ y * ^ ^ ed in thi8 

 I erroneousl/ wrote toiXS^ Sstead „°f ' ^ ^ P ' 693 ' 

 manensis. ^ M "" WI instead of Apocryptes anda- 



