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in the outer row in either jaw, no posterior canines. Fins densely 

 enveloped in skin, dorsal and anal continuous with the caudal. 

 Caudal pointed. Scales absent. Colour olive, with the fins, 

 especially the caudal, rather darker. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. This is not, I 

 believe, a common species in India ; my single specimen from 

 Madras is 7 inches long. 



1102. (2.) Gobioides anguillaris. (Fig. 99.) 



Gobius anguillaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 450. 



Gobioides anguillaris, Day, Fish. India, p. 317, pi. Ixvii, fig. 4 (see 

 synon.). 



Ahra ramah, Tel. ; Naa-nee-yley, Burmese. 



D. 6 | 45-47. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 44-45. C. 13. 



Length of head 7|, of caudal fin 10 to 10|, height of body 14 to 

 18 in the total length. Eyes minute. Greatest width of head f to 

 f- of length, height |. A tubercle at symphysis of lower jaw, with a 

 pair of short barbels, sometimes two more posteriorly. Teeth of 

 moderate size, about 16 large ones in the upper anterior row, and 

 14 in the lover jaw, a pair of posterior canines above symphysis 



Fig. 99. Gobioides anguillaris. 



of lower jaw. Fins dorsal enveloped in skin and not so high as 

 the body ; it is not separated from the caudal (as a rule) by any 

 notch, but in some instances is half, in others entirely notched. 

 Pectoral fleshy in its basal half, and not quite half so long as ventral. 

 Anal usually not separated from caudal by a notch. Caudal rhom- 

 boidal. Scales absent. Colour pinkish, caudal darkest in its 

 centre. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



The specimen figured (from Calcutta) is nearly 15 inches long. 



1103. (3.) Gobioides caeculus. 



Cepola csecula, Bl. Schn. Syst. Ich. p. 241, t. 54. 

 Gobioides caeculus, Day, Fish. India, p. 318, pi. Ixviii, fig. 1 (see 

 synon.). 



Gogee ramah, Tel. 



D. 6 | 40-44. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 38-45. C. 13. 



Length of head 7 to 7|, of caudal fin 10, height of body 13| to 15 

 in the total length. Eyes high up, minute, in anterior third of 

 head, and 5 diameters from end of snout. The greatest width of 

 the head equals its height or \ its length. Lower jaw the longer, 

 with some small barbels on it. Teeth an outer row of more or 



