1166 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, [Nov. 



Gobius acutipennis,* Cuv. and Val., Var. 



Brownish buff with some indistinct blackish clouded spots on the 

 back and sides ; fin-membranes bluish white, minutely dotted with 

 black ; the two dorsals and the upper third of the caudal with indis- 

 tinct transversal series of blackish spots. Iris blackish silvery, 



D 6—1/12, C 17£, A 1/13, V 1/5, P 22, Br, V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Total length : 3f inch. 



The rays of the first dorsal gradually increase towards the fifth, 

 which terminates in a filament, in length slightly exceeding \ of the 

 total. The second dorsal and the other fins are pointed ; the length 

 of the caudal is \ of the total ; that of the head slightly exceeds £. 

 In both jaws the teeth are placed in a single series ; those of the upper 

 are a little longer and more distant than those of the lower ; there are 

 no canines. G. acutipennis, Cuv. and Val. has 10 branched rays in 

 the second dorsal and 1 1 in the anal. But in proportions and colours 

 it closely agrees with the present. 



Gobius criniger, Cuv. and Val. 



Gobius criniger, Cuv. and Val. XII. 82. 



Pale ochreous with faint silvery lustre ; abdomen whitish ; head and 

 upper jaw black ; three round black spots on the cheeks ; a fourth larger 

 at the posterior angle of the orbit ; a similar on the opercle ; on the 

 sides three large rounded black spots : the anterior behind the pectoral 

 fin, spreading on the back ; the second below the posterior part of the 

 second dorsal, and the third at the root of the tail. Between these 

 spots several smaller, irregular black marks. The fin-membranes 

 whitish, that of the ventrals minutely dotted with black. That of the 

 two dorsals and the caudal with rather large black spots ; the free mar- 

 gin of the caudal and anal black. Iris pale golden, blackish. 



D 6—1/9, C 13f, A 1/9, V 1/5, P 17, Br. V. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



New Guinea, Malabar. 



Total length : 2f inch. 



The occiput and the opercles are without scales ; the rest of the 

 body with large ciliated, faintly striated scales, of which the longitudinal 



* XII. 80. 



