GOBIIDJ3. 275 



b. Dorsals united. 

 D. 6/24-27. A. 25-2'j. Caudal fin i of 



total length 2. A. rictuosus, p. 275. 



D. 5/32. A. 31. Caudal fin | of total 

 length ,, 6. A. dentatus, p. 278. 



1065. (1.) Apocryptes serperaster. (Fig. 93.) 



Apocryptes serperaster, Richardson, Ich. China, p. 206 ; Day, Fish. 



India, p. 300, pi. Ixvi, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 B.iv. D.6 | 27. P. 21. V.l/5. A. 27. C.13. L. 1.65-70. L.tr. 20. 



Length of head 6|, of caudal fin 5, height of body 7 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 4| to 5 in length of head, 1 to 1| diam. 

 from end of snout, and \ apart. Lower jaw slightly the longer. 

 Cleft of mouth oblique, maxilla reaching to below hind edge of eye 

 Greatest width of head equals its height, and its height its length 

 behind the eye. Teeth an outer enlarged row of from four to eight 

 directed downwards on either side of symphysis of upper jaw ; a 

 single row in lower jaw directed outwards, and a single canine or 

 a pair internally above the symphysis. Fins dorsal fins not con- 

 tinuous, the first twice as high as the second, spines weak and 

 with filamentous terminations, last dorsal ray reaches to beyond 

 commencement of caudal fin. Ventrals reaching as far as pectorals. 



Fig. 93. Apocryptes serperaster. 



Anal slightly lower than second dorsal. Caudal lanceolate. Scales 

 wanting on interorbital space, snout, and jaws, small and irregu- 

 lar before origin of anal, behind this they are in regular rows, 

 much larger in hinder portion of body, there being only six rows 

 between last dorsal ray and base of anal fin. Colour dull greenish 

 along back, becoming dull white on sides and abdomen ; five or 

 six irregular bands pass from back halfway down the sides. A 

 narrow grey band along the lower third of both dorsals, which are 

 dark externally. Caudal grey, with a light yellowish outer edge. 

 Pectoral grey, its upper and five lower rays yellowish white. Anal 

 with a narrow grey band along the middle, its outer edge dark, 

 and its last rays nearly black. 



Nab. Seas and estuaries of India and China. 



1066. (2.) Apocryptes rictuosus. 



Apocryptes rictuosus, Cut'. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. xii, p. 151 ; Day, 



Fish. India, p. 300 (see synon.). 

 B.iv. D. 6/24-27. P. 20. V.l/5. A. 25-29. C.13. L. Lea. 75. 



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