254 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEEYGII. 



upper ja\v. Fins the two dorsals not widely separated, second 

 dorsal spine elongate in some specimens, being nearly as long as 

 the head, last dorsal ray divided to base. Pectoral rays silk-like, 

 second dorsal and anal about equally developed and highest 

 posteriorly ; caudal wedge-shaped, rounded behind ; ventral 

 reaches halfway to vent. Scales ctenoid on body, cycloid on 

 head, much smaller in front of dorsal fin ; they cover the cheeks, 

 opercles, and top of head to snout, and are in rather irregular 

 rows. Colour olive, a dark green spot above upper margin of 

 opercle, about six indistinct blotches along sides ; dorsal and caudal 

 fins stained dark, and indistinctly spotted or barred ; a yellow 

 ocellus, with a black centre, at the top of the caudal fin in its last 

 half ; anal whitish, basal half covered with fine black dots ; 

 ventrals yellow. 



Nab. Bombay and Sind, growing to 6 inches in length. 



1028. (10.) Gobius masoni. 



Gobius masoni, Day, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 107 ; Fish. India, p. 287, pi. Ixi, 

 fig. 6. 



B.vii. D. 6 | 1/10-11. P. 19. A. 1/9. C. 12. L. 1.28. L.tr. 10. 



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

 the total length. Eyes somewhat superior, diameter 5| to 6 in 

 length of head, 1| diam. from end of snout, and 1 to 1| apart. 

 Profile of head bluntly rounded, its width equalling its length 

 excluding the snout, its height a little more ; cleft of rnouth 

 oblique ; lower jaw anterior, posterior extremity of maxilla extends 

 to below middle of orbit. Numerous rows of fine wart-like glands 

 along the opercles, nape, and mandibles. Teeth an enlarged row 

 in upper jaw, with two large canines ; from 12 to 15, also enlarged, 

 in front of lower jaw, on either side a very large recurved canine. 

 Fins first dorsal low, longest spine about half height of body ; 

 rays longer behind ; pectoral destitute of silk-like rays ; caudal 

 wedge-shaped, rounded behind. Sea les ctenoid, rounded before 

 first dorsal, and smaller than in remainder of body, where they 

 are angular ; none on cheeks, a few along upper margin of opercles. 

 Air-bladder large. Colour olive, with numerous brilliant blue 

 spots on nape and behind the pectorals ; some blackish ones along 

 the sides. Dorsal, anal, ventral, and caudal black; pectoral 

 yellow, margined with black. 



Hab. Bombay, growing to 4 inches in length. 



1029. (11.) Gobius cyanomos. 



Gobius cyanomos, Sleeker, Batav. Genootsch. Verhnnd. xxii, Menn. 

 en (jrod. p. 25; Day, Fish. India, p. 287, pi. Ixi, fig. 5 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/10. P. 18. V. 1/5. A. 10. C.ll. L.I. 28-30. L.tr. 8. 



