24 GOBIIU.E. 



B. Pectoral with the upper rays silk-like. 

 Sc. 150 ; dorsal and anal wiih 7 branched rays; 



cheek naked li. G. samberanensis, Blkr., p. 32. 



So. 39-45 ; D. 9 ; A. 8 ; cheek naked . . .13. G. soporator, C. & V., p. 33. 



Sc. 4.5 ; D. 9 ; A. 8 ; cheek scaly U. G. nigri, Gthr., p. 34. 



Sc. 52-60 ; D. 13-15 ; A. 11-13 ; cheek 



naked 15. G. paganelhs, L., p. 35. 



II. Body more or less strongly compressed. 



A. Caudal lin rounded, not longer than head ; dorsal and anal with 10 



branched I'ays. 

 Sc. 55 ; jaws equal in front ; mouth extending 



a little bej'ond vertical of anterior border 



of eye 16. G. liypselosoma, Blkr., p. 36. 



So. 55-63 ; upper jaw projecting beyond 



lower J mouth extending to below anterior 



border of eye or not quite so far. . . . 17. G. ocellaris, Brouss., p. 36. 



B. Claudal pointed, much longer than head. 

 Sc. 30-35 ; dorsal with 9-10 branched rays, 



anal with 8-9 18. 6'. «•/(%<?//;, Gthr., p. 37. 



Sc. 48-52 ; D. 11 ; A. 9 19. G. hilgendorfi, Pfeff., p. 38, 



Sc. 50 ; D. 11 ; A. 11 ; caudal peduncle twice 



as long as deep 20. G. poli/zona, Blkr., p. 38. 



Sc. 60-63; D. 13 ; A. 14; caudal peduncle 



as long as deep 21. G. occidentalis, B\gr., p. W. 



1. GOBIUS GIURIS. 

 Ham. Buchan. Fish. Ganges, p. 51, pi. xxxiii. fig. 5 (1822) ; Guv. & Val. Hist. 



Poiss. xii. p. 72 (1837) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 21 (1861) ; Playf. & Giinth. 



Fish. Zanzib. p. 70 (1866) ; Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 20, pi. iii. 



fig. 2 (1868); Kner, Novara, Fi.-,che, p. 173 (1869); Day, Fi.sh. Ind. 



p. 294, pi. Ixvii. fig. 1 (1876); Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixxxii. i. 1880, 



p. 242 ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 363, pi. xxxvii. fig. 3 (1891) ; Pieff. 



Thierw. O.-Afr., Fische, p. 5 (1896) ; M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, 



p. 144. 

 GoMxis kokins, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 68 ; Cantor, Cut. Mai. Fish. p. 180 (1850). 

 Gohlus nisselli, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 75. 

 Gohms catehus, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 76. 

 Gohius kora, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 77. 



Gobius kiirpah, Sykes, Tr. Zool. Soc. ii. 1841, p. 352, pi. Ixi. fig. 1. 

 Gohius platijcephalus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 681. 

 Gobius graixdidieri, Playf. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 10. 

 (-llossogoUvs giuris, Bleek. Verb. Ak. Amsterd. xviii. 1879, p. 17. 

 ? Giihhis speciahilis (non Giinth.), 51. Weber, 1. c. 



