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the body, soft dorsal higher than spinous or than body, the two 

 dorsal fins a short distance apart. Caudal rounded. Colour 

 vertical fins with dark streaks. 

 Hob. Bombay. 



1026. (8.) Gobius viridipnnctatus. 



Gobius viridipunctatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 286, pi. Ixi, fig. 4, 

 pi. Ixiii, fig. 4 (abnormal), and pi. lix, fig. 5 (male), Sujjpl. p. 793 

 (see synon.). 



Nuna mottah, Tel. ; Bichu gende, Tarn. " Scorpion goby." 

 D. 6 | 1/10. P. 20. V.l/5. A. 1/9. C. 15. L. 1. 34-38. L.tr.9. 



Length of head 4| to 4, of caudal fin 5A, height of body 4| to 

 5| in the total length. Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, rather 

 above 1 diam. from end of snout, and 3 apart. Head as broad as 

 high, or as its length behind middle of eyes. Cheeks swollen, 

 with many rows of warts, and also pitted in large specimens ; a 

 large open pore in interorbital space. Lower jaw the longer, 

 cleft of mouth oblique ; the maxilla reaching to below middle of 

 orbit. Teeth an external enlarged row in premaxillaries, and two 

 or four canines ; in the lower jaw from 12 to 16 enlarged teeth, the 

 outermost recurved canines, there are also from two to four canine- 

 like teeth in the internal row above the symphysis. Fins dorsal 

 spines with short filamentous endings, height of first dorsal f that 

 of body ; the second dorsal and anal vary considerably, the last ray 

 sometimes reaches only f of the way to the caudal, sometimes 

 extends beyond the commencement of that fin. Caudal rounded. 

 Scales ctenoid, small anteriorlr. Colour olive, with a series of 

 four or five large badly defined blotches along the sides ; many 

 scales with a light centre ; this in life is emerald- green ; dorsals 

 dark at their bases, usually having light edges. Ventral, anal, and 

 caudal grey, the last with a light upper edge. 



Hob. JSind, to the Malay Archipelago ; most common at Bombay 

 and Madras ; growing to at least 5 inches in length. 



1027. (9.) Gobius ocellatns. 



Gobius ocellatus, Day, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 107 ; Fish. India, p. 287, 

 pi. Ixi, fig. 7. 



Kharbi, Marathi. 

 D. 6 | 1/10. P. 20. V.l/5. A. 1/10. C. 12. L. 1.33. L.tr.8, 



Length of head 4^ to 4, of caudal fin 5 to 6, height of body 6 

 to 7 in the total length. Eyes diameter 5 to 6 in length of head, 

 1| diam. from end of snout, and 1 apart. Head slightly broader 

 than high, its width equal to length of postorbital portion. A 

 pair of short barbels under symphysis of lower jaw. Cleft of 

 mouth somewhat oblique ; lower jaw a little the longer ; maxilla 

 extends to beneath anterior margin of orbit. Teeth moderate or 

 small recurved canines in mandibles and in large specimens in 



