268 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEBYGII. 



middle of eye. Teeth no canines. Fins dorsal spines f height 

 of body, a distance equal to four scales between bases of two dorsal 

 fins ; last dorsal ray divided to its base, and nearly as high as the 

 body. Caudal rounded. Scales ctenoid, they suddenly become 

 larger below the second dorsal h'n, where they are angular. Colour 

 dark brown, every scale on the body with a dark purplish band 

 down its centre; a dark spot above axilla. A black band across 

 base of pectoral. Caudal with eight angular bars of spots. 

 Hah. Madras; attaining 1| inches in length. 



1055. (37.) Gobius sadannndio. (Fig. 90.) 



Gobius sadanundio, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganges, pp. 52, 366 ; Z>y, 

 Fish. India, p., 296, pi. Ixiii, fig. 10, Suppl. 1888, p. 793 (see 

 synon.). 



Oontoo-mossal, Mugh (Akyab). 

 D. 6 | 1/8. P. 19. V. 1/5. A. 1/8. C. 15. L. 1. 28-30. J,. tr. 8. 



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

 Eyes diameter from 3 to 3| in length of head, \ to | d'iam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Greatest width of head equals its 

 length excluding the snout, and its height is a little more. Mouth 

 almost horizontal ; jaws of equal length ; the maxilla reaches to 

 below the middle or last third of the orbit. Teeth no canines. 

 Fins second and third dorsal spines elongate, filamentous ; four 

 scales between the two dorsal fins. Caudal rounded. Scales 

 ctenoid ; they exist on the opercles and are extended on the head 



Fig. 90. Gobius sadanundio. 



to between the eyes, on the cheeks they are rudimentary. Colour 

 -ohve, with very large deep black, white-edged blotches scattered 

 over the body; first dorsal black, with a white ring on its last 

 three rays, second dorsal with two rows of black spots along its 

 base, and a third of white dots along its centre. Ventral black in 

 the centre, and having orange edges. Anal dark olive, margined 



* ? audal Wlth num erous fine black clots. 



Sab. Mouths of the Ganges, and along the Chittagong and 

 Burmese coasts ; attaining at least 3 inches in length. 



