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B. No posterior canines above the centre of the lower jaw. 

 a. Vertical fins densely enveloped in skin, 67. gracilis, G. cceculus, G. cirratus. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Gobioides gracilis, D. 6 | 47-49, A. 47-49. Height of body 18^ to 20 times in the total length. No 

 posterior canines in the lower jaw. Vertical fins enveloped in skin and continuous with the dorsal. Pectoral 

 short. Bluish or tinged with red. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



2. Gobioides anguillaris, D. 6 | 45-47, A. 44-45. Height of body 14 to 18 times in the total length. 

 Fourteen to 16 large teeth in either jaw : a pair of posterior canines in the lower. Vertical fins enveloped in 

 skin and continuous with the caudal. Pectoral short. Pinkish, caudal dark. 



3. Gobioides cceculus, D. 6 | 40-44, A. 38-45. No posterior canines in the lower jaw. Vertical fins 

 enveloped in skin and separated from the caudal by a notch. Pectoral short. Bluish or reddish. Seas, estuaries 

 and coasts of India. 



4. Gobioides cirratus, D. 6 | 43, A. 43. Height of body \2\ times in the total length. From 8 to 10 large 

 teeth in the upper and 6 to 8 in the lower jaw : no posterior canines. Vertical fins enveloped in skin and 

 separated from the caudal by a notch. Pectoral short. Bright pink. Hooghly. 



5. Gobioides Buchancmi, D. 6 | 42, A. 36. Height of body 12 to 14 times in the total length. Eight 

 large teeth anteriorly in either jaw : a pair of posterior canines. Vertical fins not enveloped in skin, continuous 

 with the caudal. Pectoral short. Brownish, fins black. Coasts of the Bay of Bengal to Burma. 



6. Gobioides rubicundus, D. 6 | 35-39, A. 33-36. Height of body 12 times in the total length. A pair of 

 posterior canines in the lower jaw. Vertical fins not enveloped in skin and more or less continuous with the 

 caudal. Pectoral of moderate length. Greenish olive, caudal black. 



7. Gobioides tenuis, D. 6 | 33, A. 32. Height of body 20^ times in the total length. A pair of posterior 

 canines in the lower jaw. Vertical fins not enveloped in skin and continuous with the caudal. Pectoral of 

 moderate length. Roseate, caudal dark. 



1. Gobioides gracilis. 

 Amblyopus gracilis, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 166 ; Bleeker, Blen. en Gob. p. 38 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 134. 

 B. v, D. 6 | 47-49, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. 47-49, C. 11. 



Length of head 10-§- to 11, of caudal 10i, height of body 18^ to 20 times in the total length. Eyes — 

 minute. Greatest width of head equals one- third of its length and its height rather above half of its length. 

 Cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw the longer and with several barbels on its anterior surface. Teeth — about ten 

 almost vertical and large pointed teeth in the outer row in either jaw, posterior to which are several rows of 

 small pointed teeth, no posterior canines. Fins — densely enveloped in skin, dorsal and anal continuous with the 

 caudal. Pectoral short, 33 times in the total length : ventral 10^ in the total length. Caudal pointed. Scales — 

 absent. Colours — olive, with the fins, especially the caudal, rather darker. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. This is not I believe a common species in India, my 

 single specimen from Madras is 7 inches long. I saw a species at Calcutta which I believe to be the same, it 

 came from the Hooghly, but I have mislaid it. It is not figured amongst Sir W. Elliot's fishes. 



2. Gobioides anguillaris, Plate LXVII, fig. 4. 



Gobius anguillaris, Linn. Syst. i, p. 450; Gmel. Linn. p. 1201 ; Bl. Sohn. p. 71. 

 ? Tcenioides Bermannii, Lacep. ii, pp. 532, 533, pi. 14, f. 1 ; Bleeker, Gobioides, 1875, p. 42. 

 Gobioides anguilliformis, Lacep. ii, pp. 576, 577. 

 Cepola Hermanniana, Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 191. 



Amblyopus Hermannianus, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 159, pi. 350 ; Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 279 ; Bleeker, 

 Beng. en Hind. p. 103 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 190 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 144 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 116. 

 Ahra ramah, Tel. 



B. v, D. 6 | 45-47, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. 44-45, C. 13. 



Length of head 1\, of caudal 10 to 10-j-, height of body 14 to 18 in the total length. Eyes — minute. 

 Greatest width of head equals 2/3 to 3/5 of its length, and its height equals 3/4 of the same extent. Lower jaw 

 the longer and anterior, with its cleft nearly vertical. A tubercle at the symphysis of the lower jaw with a pair 

 of short barbels, sometimes two more posteriorly. Teeth — of comparatively moderate size, about 16 large ones 

 in the anterior row in the premaxillari.es, and 14 in the lower jaw, behind these there are villiform ones, and a 

 pair of posterior canines above the symphysis of the lower jaw. Fins — dorsal enveloped in skin and not so high 

 as the body, it is not separated from the caudal (as a rule) by any notch, but in some instances is half, in others 

 entirely notched. Pectoral fleshy in its basal half, and not quite half so long as the ventral which is 1/4 shorter 

 than the head. Anal not quite so high as the second dorsal, and usually not separated from the caudal by a 

 notch. Caudal rhomboidal. Scales — absent. Colours — pinkish, caudal darkest in its centre. 



Tcenioides Hermannii, Lacep. is said to be destitute of a caudal fin. 



Habitat. — Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The specimen figured (from Calcutta) 

 is nearly 15 inches long. 



