516 SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. [Nov. 11, 
Corvina cusA, Ham. Buch. 
Scienoides asper, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, 1860, p. 140. 
The typical specimens of Mr. Blyth’s species are six in number, 
and up to 2 inches in length. They are the fry of a Corvina, and, it 
appears to me, of the C. cwa. 
OroLiITHUS RUBER, Schn. 
Ololithus submaculatus, Blyth, J. A.S. of Bengal, 1860, p. 141. 
The four specimens in the Calcutta Museum, up to 63 inches in 
length, and which are marked O. submaculatus, Blyth, belong to this 
species. 
Bota pama, Ham. Buch. 
Scienoides hardwickii, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, 1860, p. 139. 
The three typical specimens are up to 23 inches in length, and 
appear to be the fry of the B. pama, H. B. 
GoBIUS GOBIODON, Sp. nov. 
Da 6|ge2 Pi 2s. Ao 10. CO. 15... L. 1.22. 
Length of head 4 of length of body. Height of body 3 of total 
length. 
jes in anterior half of the head, 4 a diameter from end of snout, 
14 diameter apart. 
Form of body similar to that of the genus Gobiodon. 
Anterior portion of head and lower jaw covered with warty tuber- 
cles. Anterior cleft of mouth very oblique; the posterior extremity 
of the maxilla does not extend to under the anterior margin of the 
orbit. Gill-openings narrow, and only opposite the base of the pec- 
toral fin. 
Teeth. Villiform in both jaws, with a posterior canine in the 
centre of the lower jaw. 
Fins. Ventrals united, not adherent to the abdomen. Caudal 
rounded; none of the rays produced, nor those of pectoral silk- 
like. 
Scales ctenoid, extending anteriorly to opposite the middle of the 
first dorsal fin, and in a line between that situation and the base of 
the pectoral. Nine rows between the anterior portion of the base of 
the second dorsal and that of the anal fins. 
Colours. Brownish. Ventral fin blackish, with a reddish margin. 
Caudal reddish. 
Hab. Andamans or adjacent islands. Seven specimens, up to 
1,3, inch long, in the Calcutta Museum. 
BoLEeopHTHALMUS INoRNATUS, Blyth, J. A. 8S. of Bengal, 1860, 
p- 168, is the B. pectinirostris, Gmelin. 
PERIOPHTHALMUS SCINTILLANS, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, is 
the Periophthalmus koélreuteri, Pallas. 
