1. Yg. 



Rovuma R. 80 miles from 





coast. 



2-4. Types of E. 



Mozambique. 



soaresii. 





s: Ad. 



Durban, Natal. 



6-11. Ad., hgr., 



Rodriguez, fresh water. 



& yg. 





Z2 GOBI1D.E. 



eye ; no canine teeth ; a strong antrorse spine at angle of praeoperculum. 

 Dorsals VI, T 8, narrowly separated from each other, longest branched 

 rays -f to f length of head. Anal I 8, its origin slightly behind that of 

 dorsal. Pectoral £ to £ length of head, longer than ventral. Caudal 

 peduncle ]^ to 1-| times as long as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, 60- 

 78 in longitudinal series, 17-21 between dorsal and anal. Dark brown 

 to blackish, fins often with small light spots ; first dorsal sometimes with 

 dark and light ocellar spots. 



Total length 260 millim. 



East Africa to Polynesia, 



Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



Rev. N. Abraham (P.). 

 G. Gulliver, Esq. (P.). 



2. GOBIUS. 



Artedi, Gen. Pise. p. 28 (1792) j Guv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 1 (1837) ; Giiuth. 



Cat. Fish. iii. p. 3 (1861). 

 Oxyurichthys, Bleek. Act. Soc. Indo-Neerl. vi. 1859, p. 120. 

 Chonophoriis, Poey, Mem. Guba, ii. p. 274 (1861). 

 GlossogoUus (Gill), Bleek. Arch. Neerl. ix. 1874, p. 315. 

 Awaous, Bleek. t. c. p. 320. 



Teeth conical, with or without curved canines. Two dorsal fins, the 

 anterior with o to 9 flexible spines, the posterior with one simple and 

 7 to 28 branched rays. Anal similar to second dorsal. Ventral fins 

 united into a disk, which is not attached to the belly. Scales large or 

 small, cycloid or more or less strongly ciliated. 



Coasts and mouths of rivers of the greater part of the world, some 

 species confined to fresh water. 21 species are known from fresh water 

 in Africa. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Body not or but feebly compressed ; caudal fin not or but slightly longer 

 than head. 



A. Pectoral without silk-like upper rays. 



1. Dorsal and anal with 7 to 9 branched rays. 



