80 Rfxords of the S.A. Museum 



filamentous, the fourtli the longest and reaching beyond the middle of the second 

 dorsal: second dorsal with the margin straight and somewhat ])ointed ])osteriorlv : 

 the rays increase a liltle in length hackwanls to the hinder ])art (if the lin : anal 

 cnnnnencing beneath the funrth dor.sil ray and terminating slighlh' 1)ehin<I the 

 last; the fin is lower than, lint of similar furm Id, the second dorsal: pectural 

 somewhat pointed, almost reaching the \ei-tical of the \ent, the lower ra\-s a liltle 

 thickened: \entrals in front of the pectorals and cnmpleteh' united: caudal some- 

 \\hat ]iointed, the lower rays reduced and thickened. 



C(ili)i!r-iii(irkiii(/s. (ieneral colour greyish-brown in alcohol, the head lighter: 

 each scale of the body with a bluish centre, while the iiapillae cm the head are 

 mostly pale blue: first dorsal greyish, with a broad yelhiw margin, the whole 

 closely spotted with white: second dorsal dark grey, with about seven rows of 

 white, dark-edged ocelli between the rays : caudal dark grey, with numerous 

 similar ocelli between the ra\s: pectorals. \entraK and anal uniformly c(jloured. 



Descriljed and figured from a specimen 20j mm. long, which is selected as 

 the holotyiic: four others of aliout the same size dift'er only in the relative lengths 

 of their dorsal spines, which are much shorter in one sex than in the other. 



The increased number of dorsal and anal rays distinguishes this species from 

 all except B. diissiiiiiicri L'u\ier and \'alenciennes. to which it is closeh- allied, but 

 differs in its colour-markings, the first dorsal particularly, being ornamented with 

 liglit instead of dark spots, as in that species. 



Luc. Adelaide River. Northern Territory. 



Type. In the South . Australian Museum. 



Family GOBIIDAE. 

 OXYURICHTHYS Bleeker. 



The following species wciuld enter P.'irlapliia.^ Jordan and .Scale, which is 



distinguished from the typical species of Oxyiirichthys liy the jjossession of an 



ocular tentacle, luit thi-- character in itself does not appear to us to be of generic 

 worth. 



OXYURICHTHYS CORNUTUS sp. nov. 



1 'late \iii. lig. _'. 



l).\i. i. ]j: .V.I-I: I'.jj: \'.i. 5: C.13: L.lal.31: L.trans.16. 



l)cpth 4-(i in the length to the hypural joint: head 3 'S in the same: ex'c 4 'd in 

 the head, and 1 -5 in the snout, which is _t,o in the head: intcniibilal width about 

 2 •() in the eye ; depth of caudal peduncle 2 2 in the head : breadth between pectoral 

 bases 1 '8 in the depth. 



I lead naked, with ujiraised lines of mucigerous pores on the cheeks, oper- 

 culum and nape: a low nuchal crest commences abo\e the preoperculum ami 



