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DR. F. DAY ON A NEW GOBIOID FISH. 



[May 14, 



band also at the side of the head is blue black, instead of bright blue 

 as in C. cyanotis, which also wants the white points to the feathers 

 so distinct in C. sanghirensis. 



The figure has been drawn from the type specimen in my col- 

 lection, and coloured from a very fine example in the Leyden 

 Museum. 



4. On a New Gobioid Fish from Madras. 

 By Francis Day, F.Z.S., F.L.S. 



Several specimens of the following species of Acanthopterygian 

 fish have been obtained by myself from the backwaters around 

 Madras; some have also been received from Conjeveram through 

 Dr. Shortt, and others from near Arcot (where they were captured by 

 Mr. Potter). 



Its characters apparently are those of the genus Enctenogobius 

 of Gill, and it resembles a Goby in almost every particular ; but its 

 inferior pharyngeal bones are of a somewhat triangular shape, and 

 with a median longitudinal suture, as in many of the Acanthopterygii 

 pharyngognathi. 



Eiuifenogobivtf xfriafvit. 



EUCTENOGOBIUS STRIATUS, Sp. nOV. 



Coondallum, Tamil. 



B.iv. D. 6|^. P. 1.5. V. \. A. 10. 

 Vert. V,. 



Length of specimens from 1 to .5 inches. 



C. 15. L. i. 60. 



