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Length of head 4^, of caudal fin 5j, height of body 6 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 5 in length of head, 1 diam. from end of 

 snout and apart. Upper profile of head parabolic. Width of 

 head equals height and its length behind middle of orbit. Mouth 

 oblique, the maxilla extends to below anterior third of orbit. 

 Teeth a recurved canine at either extremity of enlarged row in 

 lower jaw. Fim the second or longest dorsal spine is as long as 

 postorbital portion of head. Ventral extends halfway to anus ; 

 caudal rounded. Scales ctenoid, increasing in size behind ; a few 

 rows on the head in old specimens, none in young. Colour 

 olivaceous, a blotched irregular band from mouth to centre of baa 

 of caudal; a narrow brown band from eye to above opercle 

 terminating above axilla in a large light blue ocellus. Two small 

 bluish spots on opercle at its upper margin, another at upper edge 

 of base of caudal. Basal half of dorsal fins violet. Anal white, 

 with a violet band along its middle, lightish blue superiorly and 

 white externally. Caudal with blackish margins. 



Hab. Kurrachee to China. 



1023. (5.) Gobius griseus. 



Gobius griseus, Day, Fish. India, p. 285, pi. Ixiii, fig. 3. 

 D. 6 | 1/10. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 10. C. 14. L. 1. 42. L. tr. 14. 



Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 4 in the 

 total length. Eyes upper margin near the dorsal profile ; diameter 

 4| in length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout, and 5 apart. 

 Head as wide as high or as its length without the snout. Lower 

 jaw the longer, cleft of mouth rather oblique, the maxilla reaches to 

 below first third of eye. Numerous rows of warts on the cheeks 

 and opercles, which are but little apparent in the young. Teeth 

 outer row in premaxillaries much enlarged near symphysis ; the 

 outer eight or ten in front of lower jaw are still larger, and outer- 

 most on either side is a large recurved canine. Fins spines of 

 first dorsal ending in filamentous prolongations, and rather higher 

 than body, base of fin ends close to commencement of second 

 dorsal, the last ray of which reaches base of caudal. Pectoral as 

 long as head; ventral reaches halfway to anal. Caudal wedge- 

 shaped, but not pointed. Scales ctenoid and angular, very small 

 before the dorsal fin, extending as far as the eyes ; the scales do not 

 show a sudden increase in size under the commencement of second 

 dorsal as in G. brevlrostris. Colour olivaceous, with bands and 

 many well-marked deep brown or black spots. Pectoral fin and 

 contiguous portions of body finely dotted with small chestnut spots. 

 Base of first dorsal yellowish with three or four horizontal brown 

 bands ; second dorsal yellowish with a dark outer edge. Ventral, 

 anal, and caudal with dark outer edges. 



Hab. Madras, in the backwaters, up to 3| inches in length. This 

 fish dies when placed in fresh water. 



