260 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEBTQII. 



the total length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, \ diam. 

 from end of snout, and \ apart. Greatest width of head equals its 

 height, or its length excluding the snout. Upper jaw slightly the 

 longer ; cleft of mouth oblique ; the maxilla reaches to below the 

 last third or middle of the eye. Scales cover opercles. Teeth 

 a pair of small recurved canines in lower jaw. Fins first dorsal 

 spines with filamentous terminations, the fin rather higher than 

 the second, last rays of which are as high as body. Pectoral as 

 long as head ; ventral reaches halfway to vent. Caudal rounded. 

 Scales scarcely ctenoid. Colour light brown, most of the body- 

 scales with a dark spot or vertical mark ; a dark blotch on opercle, 

 and another below the eye. Dorsal and caudal fins with numerous 

 dark spots forming bars. Pectoral with a dark mark at its base. 

 Hob. Backwaters of Madras ; growing to 2 inches in length. 



1039. (21.) Gtobins microlepis. 



Gobius microlepis, Sleeker, Batav. Genootsch. Verhand. xxii, Blenn. 

 en Gob. p. 35 ; Day, Fish. India, Suppl. 1888, p. 793 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/12. P. 22. V. 1/5. A. 1/13. C. 17. L. 1. 50. 



Length of head 6, of .caudal fin 3 to 31, height of body from 7^ 

 to 9 in the total length. Eyes high up, and placed rather close 

 together ; diameter 4 in length of head, and about 1 diam. from 

 end of snout. Cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw the longer ; the 

 maxilla reaches to below the hind edge of the eye. Snout obtuse. 

 Teeth in a single row without canines, those in upper jaw a little 

 longer and further apart than those in lower jaw. Fins both 

 dorsals higher than body, in some examples fifth ray of first dorsal 

 has a filamentous prolongation. Caudal lanceolate. Colour 

 greenish or brownish buff, with some clouded spots on back and 

 sides, a black dot at edge of most scales ; sometimes a black spot 

 at base of caudal fin. Fine dark spots on dorsal rays ; aual and 

 caudal stained dark, especially externally. 



ffab. Madras, to the Malay Archipelago and China. 



1040. (22.) Gobius cristatus. 



Euctenogobius cristatus, Day, P. Z. S. ]873, p. 109. 



Gobius cristatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 291, pi. Ixii, fig. 8 (see synon.). 



IX 6/14. P. 21. A. 14. C. 13. L. 1. 50-60. L.tr. 11-12. 



Length of head 5|, of caudal fin 3 to 4, height of body 6 in the 

 total length. Eyes rather high up, with a very narrow and concave 

 mterorbital space; diameter 4 in length of head, 1 diam. from end 

 of snout. Greatest width of head equals length behind middle of 

 eyes, height a little more. Cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw the 

 longer, the maxilla reaches to below middle of orbit. Several rows 

 Of fine warts across the cheeks. A low black-stained crest extends 

 :om nape to base of first dorsal. Teeth a, single row in upper jaw, 



