110 SURGEON P. DAY ON SOME NEW [Jan. 21, 



slightly above half the height of the body below it. Colours : olive- 

 brown, upper third of first dorsal between the second and fourth 

 spines with a dark mark ; anal black ; pectoral nearly black, with a 

 white lower margin ; caudal dark, with a white lower edge ; ventrals 

 white. Scales irregularly arranged, minute anteriorly, becoming 

 larger posteriorly ; they cover the head. 



Hab. Madras, Bombay, and Kurrachee. Dr. Bleeker gives 

 L. 1. 35 ; but the species otherwise appears to agree pretty well. 



Amblyopus buchanani, sp. nov. 



D. 6/42. P. 19. A. 36. C. 17. 



Length of head -%, of caudal 1, of pectoral ^-, height of body -jJy 

 of the total length. Eyes distinct ; the posterior nostrils open just 

 in front of them, whilst the anterior are tubular and on the snout. 

 Barbels, one short pair are placed behind the symphysis of the lower 

 jaw, and a second, which are smaller, further back. Teeth, eight, 

 long, widely separated ones in either jaw. Fins : the vertical ones 

 continuous, their posterior portions enveloped in skin ; caudal elon- 

 gate and pointed ; pectoral half as long as the ventral, and |- as 

 long as the head. Air-vessel large and oval. Scales, a few crypts 

 containing some exist in the posterior part of the body. Colours : 

 brownish olive above, reddish below ; pectoral and ventral fins black 

 in their outer halves. 



Hab. Calcutta, to 11 inches in length ; its short pectoral and the 

 presence of barbels would at once serve to show its distinctness from 

 Hamilton Buchanan's figured Gobioides rubicunclus, pi. 5. f. 9. 



Blennius steindachneri, sp. nov. 

 D. ii. P. 15. V. i. A. 2+16. 



Length of head f, of caudal jr, height of body § of the total length. 

 Snout obtuse. Mouth moderately wide. A small orbital fringed 

 tentacle about half the diameter of the eye in length ; another short 

 one at the anterior nostril. A line of about eight fringed tentacles 

 from just behind the eyes to the base of the dorsal fin. Teeth fixed ; 

 no canines. Fins : dorsal not notched, neither is it continuous with 

 the caudal ; ventrals short ; pectoral nearly reaches the vent. Colours 

 light olive, with six indistinct brownish vertical bands, as wide as 

 the ground-colour, and commencing at the base of the dorsal fin. 

 The whole of the body and fins spotted with black. A large black 

 white-edged ocellus between the first and second dorsal rays ; some 

 vertical red bands on pectoral and caudal fins ; anal black-edged, 

 having an external white margin. 



Hab. Kurrachee in Sind, to 4 inches in length. 



Salarias unicolor, Riippell. 



D. jgg. P. 14. V. 2. A. 18-19. C. 10. 



Length of head -f T to -£-, of caudal £ to \, height of body T 2 T to ^ 

 of the total length. Eyes prominent, 2 diameters from end of snout, 

 interorbital space concave. The forehead does not project beyond 



