1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1163 



This species is closely allied to Gobius giuris, Buch. Ham. from 

 which M. Valenciennes observes, it chiefly differs in the comparatively 

 smaller eye, the diameter of which is \ or \ of the length of the head, 

 while in G. giuris it occupies the second fourth of the length of the 

 head. 



Gobius sublitus, Cantor. 



Pale greyish brown, lighter on the sides, abdomen buff ; back and 

 sides with six indistinct parallel longitudinal streaks, produced by a 

 short brownish line dividing each scale ; fin-membranes minutely dot- 

 ted with brown ; anterior dorsal with a central transversal whitish 

 waved band, and a similar at the base ; second dorsal and caudal with 

 4 or 5 transversal series of oval whitish spots ; anal with a subterminal 

 reddish white band ; the posterior pointed part of this fin, as well as 

 the outer half of the ventrals and pectorals, blackish. Iris pale 

 golden. 



D 6—1/9, C 15|, A 1/8, V 1/5, P 19, Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Total length : 3 inch. 



The head is elongated, £ of the total length, depressed ; the breadth 

 of the nape a little less than the depth, which equals \ of the 

 length of the head ; the profile gently sloping ; the cheeks and 

 opercles tumid ; the eyes are nearly vertical, occupying the second 

 fourth of the head, and placed excessively close together ; the muzzle 

 pointed ; the lower jaw slightly longer than the upper ; the mouth very 

 large, oblique, the angle situated beneath the posterior margin of the 

 orbit. The teeth of both jaws are crowded, card-like, of unequal 

 length, the external series shorter than the rest, distant, bent inwards. 

 On each side of the symphysis of the upper jaw, on the internal series, 

 is a pair of teeth in length exceeding all the rest. The anterior teeth 

 of the inner series of the lower jaw are somewhat longer than the rest ; 

 the tongue is smooth flattened, crescent-shaped. The body is elongat- 

 ed, its greatest depth being about 6J times in the total length. The 

 scales are rather large, finely ciliated, with striae converging towards 

 the centre of the posterior margin . The longitudinal series, from the 

 root of the pectoral to the caudal, contains about 38 scales. The 

 height of the first dorsal is \ of the total length ; the fifth ray 



