3QO TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYG1I. 



less curved teeth in either jaw, 16 to 18 in upper and 10 to 13 in 

 lower jaw ; no posterior canines in lower jaw. Fins dorsal and 

 anal only united to the caudal at their bases in some specimens,, in 

 half the height of the last rays in others ; the fins enveloped in 

 skin. Ventral as long as the head. Caudal short and pointed. 

 Scales absent. Colour* vary, those at Madras are mostly of a 

 leaden hue, becoming light on the abdomen, vertical fins grey, 

 central caudal rays black, pectorals and ventrals reddish ; or the 

 fish may be of a coppery colour along the back, shot with blue 

 along the sides, fins reddish except the caudal, which is deep brown 

 with reddish outer edges. Some are of a general reddish-brown 

 colour. 



Hab. Seas, estuaries, tidal rivers, and tanks along the coasts of 

 India and the Andainans. 



1104. (4.) Gobioides cirratus. 



Ainblyopus cirratus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxix, 1860, p. 147. 

 Gobioides cirratus, Day, Fish. India, p. 318, pi. Ixix, tig. 4 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 6 | 43-47. P. 13. V. 1/5. A. 43-46. C. 13. 



Length of head 7J, of caudal fin 9, height of body 8 to 12| in 

 the total length. Eyes exceedingly minute, sometimes almost 

 invisible. Greatest width of head | of length, height slightly more. 

 A" pair of barbels under symphysis of lower jaw, and two more 

 along either ramus. Teeth much larger and more curved than 

 in Q. anguillaris, eight or ten in the upper and six or eight in 

 the lower jaw ; no posterior canines in lower jaw. Fins dorsal 

 and anal densely enveloped in skin and not quite so high as the 

 body, each is separated from the caudal by a notch. Pectoral 

 fleshy in its basal three fourths and not quite half as long as the 

 ventrals, which latter are nearly as long as the head. Caudal 

 rhomboidal. Colour bright pinkish ; caudal dark except its 

 outer edges, which are pink. 



Hab. Hooghly. 



1105. (5.) Gobioides buchanani. 



Ainblyopus buchanani, Day, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 110. 

 Gobioides buchanani, Day, Fish. India, p. 318, pi. Ixvii, tig. 5 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 6 | 42. P. 19. V. 1/5. A. 36. C. 17. 

 Length of head 7 to 7|, of caudal fin 8, height of body 12 to 14 in 

 the total length. Eyes distinct. Greatest width of head equals 

 its height, or half its length. A minute pair of barbels below the 

 symphysis of the lower jaw, and a still smaller pair behind them. 

 Teeth a front row of eight large and curved teeth in either jaw ; 

 a pair of posterior canines above symphysis of lower jaw. Fins 

 vertical ones continuous, their posterior portions scarcely enveloped 



