258 TELEOSTBI. ACANTIIOPTEUYGII. 



caudal fin, which has a black basal band ; its outer half is grey. 

 First dorsal with a white band along its base, and a dark blotch 

 between last dorsal spines. Other fins dark grey. 



Hab. Madras; two specimens obtained, up to If inch, from 

 brackish water (Adyar river). 



1035. (17.) Gobius biocellatus. 



Gobius biocellatus, Cuv. fy Vol. H. N. Pom. xii, p. 73 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 289, pi. Ixiii, fig. 8 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/9. P. 19, A. 1/8. C. 15. L. 1. 28-30. L. tr. 7-8. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, of caudal fin 6, height of body 6 in the 

 total length. Eyes high up ; diameter 4 to 5 in length of head, 

 1 to 1| diam. from end of snout, | apart. Height and breadth of 

 head equal, and as long as head behind middle, of eyes. jCleft of 

 mouth rather oblique, lower jaw the longer ; the maxilla reaches 

 to below the middle of the orbit. A large open pore in posterior 

 third of interorbital space. Several rows of fine warts on the 

 cheeks. Teeth a pair, recurved and canine-like, in lower jaw in 

 large specimens. Mns first dorsal spines weak, the fifth slightly 

 the longest, the first as high as the second dorsal, the last ray oi 

 which is as long as the head ; ventral extends beyond vent. Scales 

 ctenoid, none on cheeks ; some on opercle, much smaller than 

 those on rest of body, where they are angular. Colour variable, 

 generally greyish brown, with some large irregular blotches along 

 the sides, and a slight brownish line along the middle of each row 

 of scales. Dorsal fin generally yellowish, with a greyish tinge, 

 and several irregular whitish lines along its lower half; usually 

 also a black blotch with a white edge between its fifth and sixth- 

 spines ; second dorsal with several rows of irregular white spots ; 

 pectoral, ventral, and anal greyish, the last with some white dots; 

 caudal dark grey, with some lines of dark spots. 



Hab. Coasts of India as high as Sind, extending to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



1036. (18.) Gobius madraspatensis. 



Gobius madraspatensis, Day, P. Z. S. 1868. p. 152: Fish. India. 

 p. 290, pi. Ixii, fig. 3.' 



D. 6 | 1/9. P. 17. V. 1/4. A. 1/9. C. 13. L. 1. 28-29. L. tr. 7. 



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

 4| in the total length. Eyes upper margin near profile ; diameter 

 4 in length of head, f diam. from o-nd of snout, J apart. Width 

 of head equals postorbital length ; height of head its length with- 

 out snout. Some rows of warts across cheeks ; two open glands 

 m iuterorbital space. Cleft of mouth oblique, the lower jaw the 

 longer ; the maxilla extending to beneath the anterior margin of 

 the orbit. _ Teeth about 14 enlarged in the lower jaw, ending on 

 each side in a large recurved canine. Fins Gist dorsal spine with 



