256 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERTGTI. 



D. 6 | 1/10. P. 22. V. 1/5. A. 10. C. 14. L. 1. 30. L. tr. 8. 



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

 total length. Eyes near dorsal profile, diameter 4| in length of 

 head, 1| diam. from end of snout, and 1 apart. Head -\ wider 

 than long, its height equals its length without the snout. Upper 

 jaw slightly the longer, cleft of mouth rather oblique, posterior 

 extremity of maxilla hardly reaching to beneath front edge of eye. 

 A single row of warts across the cheeks. No barbels. Teeth 

 small canines in both jaws. Fins first dorsal separated by a 

 short interspace from second, spines flexible, the longest as high as 

 body; last rays of second dorsal somewhat prolonged, | longer 

 than dorsal spines, and reaching to base of caudal fin. Pectoral as 

 long as head, its lower rays the shortest, some of its upper rays 

 silk-like. Ventral reaches vent ; caudal wedge-shaped. Scales 

 strongly ctenoid and angular, before the dorsal fin comparatively 

 small ; none on head. Colour slaty grey, with 5 rows of dark and 

 interrupted narrow brown bands in anterior portion df body, 

 becoming brown spots from pectoral fin, on base of which are two 

 well-marked brown blotches. Numerous small blue spots on the 

 body ; first dorsal with brown spots ; ventral black, and with a 

 dark outer edge. 



Hob. One specimen 4| inches long, sent by Mr. Thurston from 

 Madras. 



1032. (14.) Gobius pnntang. 



Gobius puntang, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. iii. p. 692 (? ii, 

 p. 486) ; Day, Fish. India, p. 288, pi. Ixii, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/10. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 10. C. 11. L. 1. 28-29. L. tr. 8-9. 



Length of head 4| to 5|, of caudal fin 3, height of body 4| to 

 5| in the total length. Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, 1 1 diam . 

 from end of snout, and apart. Upper profile of head rounded, 

 a considerable rise from snout to forehead. Greatest width of 

 head f and its height | of its length. Cleft of mouth very slightly 

 oblique, the maxilla reaches to below middle of orbit ; two open 

 pores between orbits. Teeth the enlarged row in lower jaw ends 

 laterally in small canines. Fins dorsal spines with filamentous 

 terminations, the first three longest and much longer than second 

 dorsal, the hind rays of which are as high as the body and reach 

 base of caudal. Pectoral as long as head and half longer than 

 ventral. Caudal pointed. Scales ctenoid, extending as far 

 forward as the orbits, also on the cheeks and opercles. Colour 

 olive, spotted all over with rusty; fin-rays yellow, barred and 

 dotted with purplish red. Anal with a yellow margin and some- 

 times with transverse purplish-red streaks. 



Hob. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago ; this species appears 

 to prefer brackish water. 



