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GOBIIDyE. 



so far. Caudal rounded, § to f length of head. Caudal peduncle 

 1J times as long as deep. Scales ciliated, 55-56 in longitudinal series, 

 17-19 in transverse series between dorsal and anal. Olive above, 

 spotted and marbled with blackish, dirty yellowish beneath ; fins dark 

 grey, first dorsal streaked with black, second dorsal and anal with small 

 black spots, both dorsals edged with whitish. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 1-3. Types. Little Brak K., Mossel Bay. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



Fig. 16. 



Gobivs gilchristi. 

 Type. 



6. GOBIUS NUDICEPS. 



Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 65 (1837) ; Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 



xxi. I860, p. 73 ; Giinth. Oat. Fish. iii. p. 13 (1861) ; Kner, Novara, Fische, 



p. 177 (1869). 

 Gobius gymnauchen (non Bleek.), M.Weber, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, p. 144. 



Body cylindrical ; depth of body about 5 times in total length, length 

 of head 3J times. Head 1^ times as long as broad, naked; snout not 

 longer than eye, which is 4 to 5 times in length of head, and about 

 twice interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting ; mouth extending to 

 below anterior border of eye ; teeth in a band, outer enlarged. Dorsals 

 VI, 1 10. Anal 1 10. Caudal rounded. Anterior part of back arched ; 

 scales ciliated, 56-60 in longitudinal series, 22 in transverse series 

 between dorsal and anal. Brown or blackish olive ; a deep violet or 

 black band, edged with whitish, at the base of the pectoral fin ; first 

 dorsal with dark and light lines and the margin yellow ; second dorsal 

 with oblique blackish lines ; caudal dotted with blackish. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Cape of Good Hope and Natal (Illoyo B.). — Types in Paris Museum. 



