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above two in lower. No canines. Fins all spines in first dorsal 

 elongated beyond the membrane; last rays of second dorsal the 

 longest, the two fins close together. Caudal pointed and elongate. 

 Ventral reaches vent. Scales cycloid, in irregular rows and very 

 small before the second dorsal. Colour olivaceous ; one or two 

 black spots on posterior upper angle of eye ; a light ocellus having 

 a brown edge at base of pectoral; body blotched and spotted; 

 some black bars on upper half of dorsal, arid a badly defined violet 

 ocellus edged with yellow on its last ray ; caudal spotted in its 

 upper half. 



Madras specimens differ in having a light edge to the anal, 

 ventrals dark grey, and no ocellus on the dorsal, whilst the caudal 

 fin is longer. 



Hob. Madras and Bombay, where, in the month of March, the 

 species was breeding. 



1041. (23.) Gobius tentacularis. 



G-obius tentacularis, Cuv. 8f Vol. H. N. Poiss. xii, p. 128 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 291, pi. Ixiv, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/12. P. 20. V.l/5. A. 1/13. C. 15. L.I. 60. L. tr. 10. 



Length of head 5| to 6|, of caudal fin 3f , height of body 7 to 8 

 (9|)in the total length. Eyes high up and close together; dia- 

 meter 3| in length of bead, 1 diam. from end of snout. Width of 

 bead equals its length behind middle of eye ; height equals length 

 excluding snout. Snout somewhat obtuse and rounded, cleft of 

 mouth oblique, lower jaw the longer ; the maxilla reaches to below 

 last third of eye. A simple tentacle above posterior third of the 

 eye, about f lengtb of orbit. Teeth a single row in premaxillaries ; 

 two or three rows in lower jaw, without any canines. Fins dorsal 

 spines extending far beyond the membrane and equal to height of 

 body, second dorsal about equally high, distance between bases of 

 the two fins not so much as diameter of eye. Pectoral as long as 

 head, and | longer than ventral. Anal commences below origin of 

 second dorsal ; caudal acutely pointed. Scales ctenoid in pos- 

 terior part of body ; they extend forward nearly to the eyes, none 

 on crest or head ; they are very much smaller in front of second 

 dorsal and anal fins. An anal papilla. Colour dull green, with 

 some reddish spots. First dorsal with four to six narrow bands 

 of horizontal spots, and six or eight along the second dorsal. 

 Caudal grey, with some spots on its upper half. Anal grey, with 

 a naiTow white band at its base. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



1042. (24.) Gobius acutipinnis. 



Gobius acutipennis, Cuv. # Val H. N. Poiss, xii, p. 80: Day, Fish. 



India, p. 291, pi. Ixi, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 Mang-moo-yoo-da-lah-dah, Andam. 



