DESCRIPTIONS (M TWO NP:W AUSTRALIAN GOBIES 



I5v ALLAN R. McCULLOCH, Zom.oc.i^T, Aumrm.ian Muskum, (t) 

 AND KDGAR R. VVAITK, F.L.S., Diiuatok, Sovth Alstrai.ian Mlsium. 



Plate \iii. 



Tiii'- lislifs that fiirni llic basis of this c(]ntriliiUiun were selected along with, 

 those dealt whh in the iirecedini; paiier. Imt. )iot occurring in South .\ustralia. 

 are described under a separate title. 



Family GOBIIDAE. 

 BOLEOPHTHALMUS CAERULEOMACULATUS sp. nov. 



Plate \ iii. lig. I. 



D.v, 28: A.27: l'.2i : \-.i. 5: C.17. 



Depth 41 in the length to the hyi)ural joint ; head ,v'' '" the same: eye 10 'O 

 in the head: longest clorsal spine o-fi longer than the head: highest dorsal ray I 'iS, 

 highest anal ra\ 3 '4 in the head. 



I lead co\ered with papillae representing rudimentary scales: eves close 

 together, situated on the up])er profile of the head, and al)o\'e the middle of the 

 mouth: snout \ery obli(|ue, the s])ace between the orbit and the premaxillarics 

 37 in the length of the head: anterior nostril opening at the end of a lobular 

 projection of the upper lip; posterior nostril a simple opening immediatel}' before 

 the eye: maxillary reaching far beyond the eye, covered by the upper lip: mandi- 

 ble closing within the upper jaw: tongue thick and fleshy, adnate to the floor of 

 the mouth : three subulate teeth on each side of the premaxillary symphysis, 

 followed by a single row of small cardiform teeth : mandible with a single row of 

 subhorizontal teeth, which are largest anteriorly, somewhat flattened and obtusely 

 pointed: a large cur\ed canine on each side of the mandibular symphysis; palate 

 toothless: gill-openings not so wide as the base of the pectoral, and scarcely 

 w icier than the islhmus separating them. 



I'lOcK moderate!)' elongate, compressed and co\ered with imbricate, cvcloid 

 scales, which are of moderate size posteriorly, but become rudimentary as thev 

 approach the nape; they extend on to the breast and base of the pectoral: a small 

 genital jiapilla behind the anus. 



l''iiis. First dorsal commencing well liehind the vertical of the pectoral, and 

 separated from the second by a space, which is longer than the eye; the spines are 

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