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1048. (30.) Gobius ornatus. 



Gobius ornatus, Riipp. Ail. Fische, p. 135 ; N. W., Fische, p. 137 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 294, pi. Ixiii, fig. 1 (see syiion.). 



D.6 | 1/10. P. 21. V.l/5. A. 1/8-9. C. 13. L.I. 26-28. L.tr.7. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, of caudal fin 5, height of body 6 to 7 in 

 the total length. Eyes diameter 3 to 3| in length of head, 1 diam. 

 from end of snout, | apart. Snout obtuse, convex. Head as 

 broad as high, breadth equalling two thirds of length. Jaws about 

 equal. Cleft of mouth very slightly oblique, the maxilla reaching 

 to below first third of orbit. Teeth in villiform rows, no canines. 

 Fins first dorsal somewhat lower than the second or than the 

 body. Pectoral as long as the head ; caudal rounded. Scales 

 ctenoid, extending on to crown of head. Colour green, with 

 numerous oblong brown spots, generally in three or four rows ; 

 also yellow dots in the centre of some of the scales ; all the fins, 

 except the ventral, dotted with black. 



Hob. Bed Sea to the Malay Archipelago. 



1049. (31.) Gobius gutum. 



Gobius gutum, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 50, 3G6 ; Day, FisJi. India, 

 p. 294 (see synon.). 



D. 6 | 1/10. P. 13. V. 1/5. A. 11. C. 17. 



Head small, narrower than the body. Eyes small. Mouth 

 large, the upper jaw the longer. Teeth sharp. Fins pectoral 

 and caudal rounded. Scales ctenoid. Colour greenish, with 

 many black dots clustered into irregular spots resembling clouds 

 in form ; dorsal and caudal fins spotted. A figure of this species 

 2y\ inches in length exists amongst Hamilton Buchanan's MSS. 

 drawings at Calcutta. 



Hob. Lower portion of the Hooghly ; growing to three or four 

 inches in length. 



1050. (32.) Gobius albopunctatus. 



Gobius albopunctatus, Cuv. Sf Vol. II. N. Poiss. xii, p. 57 ; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 294, pi. Ixiii, fig. 7 (see synon.). - 



D.6 | 1/9. P. 21. V.l/5. A. 1/8. C. 13. L.I. 35-40. L. tr. 11-12. 

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

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

 diam. from end of snout, and f apart. Greatest width of head 

 equals its length excluding the snout, whilst its height equals its 

 length behind the eye. Cleft of mouth slightly oblique, the maxilla 

 reaching to below the first third of eye. 'Teeth no canines. Fins 

 first dorsal lower than, or equal to, the second, the anterior rays 

 of which equal the height of the body. Ventral does not quite 

 reach anus. Caudal rounded. Scales those on the nape rounded, 

 cycloid, those on the rest of the body feebly ctenoid. An anal papilla. 

 Colour brownish, irregularly marbled ; sides of head and body 

 studded with white spots ; dorsal and caudal greyish, dotted with 



