u 



GOBIIDJE. 



2. SICYDIUM ACUTIPINNIS. 



Cotylopus acutipinnis, Guichen. in Maillard, Notes Reunion, ii. Add. G, p. 10 



(1862) ; Bleek. Arch. Need. ix. 1874, p. 313. 

 Sicydium acutipinne, Ogilyie- Grant, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 159. 



Depth of body 6 to 7 times in total length, length of head §\ times. 

 Head as broad as deep ; eye 5 to 6 times in length of head, equal to 

 interorbital width ; mouth extending to below centre of eye ; movable 

 labial teeth tricuspid ; mandibular teeth subequal. Dorsals VI, I 10 ; 

 last ray of second dorsal produced, as long as head. Anal I 10. 

 Pectoral as long as head. Nape naked. About TO scales in longi- 

 tudinal series. Blackish brown, dorsal fins with lighter variegations. 



Total length 90 millim. 



Reunion, Mascarene Islands. — Type in Paris Museum. 

 1. Ad. Reunion. Paris Museum (V.), 



Fie 26. 



Sicydium laticeps. 

 After Saurage (I. c). 



3. SICYDIUM LATICEPS. 



Cnv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 177 (1837) ; Giinth, Cat. Fish. iii. p. 93 (1861) ; 

 Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 378, pi. xl.A. fig. 2, and xlvii. fig. 5 (1891). 



Depth of body 5-f times in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Head broader than deep ; eye about 5 times in length of head ; mouth 

 extending to below anterior border of eye ; movable labial teeth 

 tricuspid; anterior mandibular teeth much longer than the others. 

 Dorsals VI, I 10, rather widely separated ; second to fourth simple 

 rays produced into filaments. Anal I 10. Pectoral as long as head. 



