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is slightly longer than the rest, and terminates in a short filament ; the 

 membrane is carried very close to the origin of the second dorsal, the 

 height of which is \ of the total length. In extent and height the 

 anal is a little less than the former : the posterior extremity of both is 

 pointed. The caudal, ventral and pectoral fins are a little pointed, of 

 nearly equal length, i of the total. The species is not numerous : it 

 appears to be closely allied to Gobius biocellatus, Cuv. and Val. 

 (XII. 73), but it differs in its dentition and the filamentous fifth ray of 

 the anterior dorsal. 



Gobius apogonius, Cantor. 



Back brownish, sides and abdomen buff, opercles minutely dotted 

 with black. Back and sides with 5 or 6 parallel, sometimes interrupt- 

 ed, series of black spots ; fin-membranes buff ; on the anterior dorsal 

 two elongated black spots, of which the posterior between the 4th and 

 5th ray ; the second dorsal and anal fin with 2 or 3 transversal 

 series of black spots, and with their free margins black ; caudal edged 

 with black with a number of somewhat irregular transversal series of 

 black spots ; ventrals with the extremities of the two central rays (the 

 fifth) black. Iris pale golden, spotted with black. 



D 6—1/8, C 15f A 1/8, V 1/5, P 18, Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Total length : 2-f- inch. 



The general outline, the short robust make, and the large scales 

 impart to this species a certain resemblance to the Genus Apogon. 

 The head is about £ of the total length, depressed, sloping ; the 

 muzzle broad, rounded ; the eyes are lateral, near the upper profile, 

 occupying the second fourth of the head; their distance across the 

 head, and that from the lower margin of the orbit to the angle of the 

 mouth, equals the diameter of the eye, or one fourth of the length of 

 the head. The jaws are nearly semi-circular, the lower slightly pro- 

 jects beyond the upper ; the mouth is obliquely cleft, the angle situated 

 under the middle of the orbit. The teeth of both jaws are velvety, 

 the external series of the upper consists of a few distant teeth, slightly 

 larger than the rest ; in the lower jaw there is a similar internal 

 series, of which the two nearest the symphysis have the appearance of 



