249 



D. 6 | 1/9, A. 8, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 9. 



Chestnut, with red bands on the 



head and below the first dorsal 



fin - 34. G. semidoliatus, p. 266. 



D. 6 | 1/8, A. 9, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 10. 



Maxilla reaches to below hind 



edge of eye. Brown, spotted . . 35. G. magniloqaus, p. 267. 

 D. 6 | 1/8, A. 9, L. 1. 38, L. tr. 10. 



Maxilla reaches to below first 



third of eye. Dark brown angular 



bands on the body 36. G. planiceps, p. 267. 



D. 6 I 1/8, A. 1/8, L. 1. 28-30, L. tr. 8. 



Greenish, with large black spots. 37. G, sadamindio, p. 268. 

 L. 1. 22, L. tr. 6. A dark band from 



eye to snout. Ventrals white . . 33. G. littoreus, p. 269. 

 D. 6 f 1/8, A. 10, L. 1. 22-25, L. tr. 9. 



Black 39. G. melanosoma, p. 269. 



D. 5 | 1/9, A. 9, L. 1. 30, L. tr. 10. 



Six black belts round the head and 



body 40. G. nunus, p. 269. 



1019. (1.) Gobius gynmocephalus. 



Gobius gymnocephalus, Bleeker, Bataoia Nat. Tijdsch. iv, p. 473 ; 



Day, Fish. India, Suppl. 1888, p. 792 (see synon.). 

 Karum natsooli, Tarn. 



D. 6 | 1/18-19. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 1/19. C. 13. 



Length of head 6, of caudal fin 4|, height of body 8 to 9 times 

 in the total length. Eyes high up, diameter 4| in length of head, 

 | diam. from end of snout and close together. Head higher than 

 broad ; snout obtuse ; cleft of mouth oblique, the maxilla reaching 

 to below hind edge of eye. Teeth canines in both jaws. Fins 

 dorsal spines nearly as high as body ; caudal lanceolate. Scales 

 minute. Colour greenish stone-colour, becoming lighter beneath ; 

 three or four vertical bands on the body and another on the nape, 

 with indistinct narrow intermediate ones. Dorsal fins darkish, 

 unspotted ; caudal also dark and reddish externally, said to have 

 several blue and red streaks. Anal with a narrow and nearly 

 median band along its extent, which is red externally and blue 

 iuferiorly. 



Hub. Madras to the Malay Archipelago. Jerdon's figure is 6*4 

 inches in length. 



1020. (2.) Gobius bynoensis. 



nsis, Richardson, Zool. Erebits and I 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 284, pi. Ixi, fig 



D. 6 | 1/16. P. 19. V. 1/5. A. 1/15-16. L. 1. 65. L. tr.* 16. 



Gobius bynoensis, Richardson, Zool. Erebits and Terror, Ich. p. 1, pl.l, 

 figs. 1, 2 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 284, pi. Ixi, fig. 3 (see synon.). 



Between origin of second dorsal and that of anal, see note, p. 247. 



