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GOBIFS BASSENSIS. 
The anterior dorsal with six spines ; scales large ; no crest on 
the head ; caudal fin very elongate, pointed. Body very elon- 
gate ; its height contained seven and one-third times in the total 
length ; head four and two-third times in the same ; eye four and 
one-third times in length of head. Jaws about equal, the lower 
a little longer than the upper. Teeth on several rows at the 
lower jaw ; no canines. No scales on the head nor on the nape 
of the neck ; about thirty-eight scales on the lateral line ; they 
are ciliated on their edge. Dorsals rather high, the second of 
eleven rays ; caudal as long as the head, pointed, and formed of 
sixteen principal rays and of several others on each side ; anal of 
eleven rays, which are, as those of the second dorsal, rather pro- 
longated ; pectorals about as long as the head, pointed, of fifteen 
rays, none of which are silk like. 
The general colour is of a light grey, rather green on the back, 
and whitish on the belly. There are two longitudinal bands, 
which extend on the operculum, from behind the eye ; the first 
strikes the upper edge of the root of the pectoral, and expands 
in a blotch ; the other is placed lower ; it is broader, and extends 
rather obliquely towards the lower side of the pectoral base. The 
two dorsals have a longitudinal narrow band, which runs at 
about one-third of their height from the back ; the extreme edge 
of the second dorsal is yellow. The caudal has three or four 
transverse series of black spots, which only extend on its upper 
half ; the two central rays are of an orange colour, ending in black ; 
the anal and ventrals are white, without spots ; the pectorals are 
also immaculate, but with a yellow tinge ; the eye is silvery. On 
the lower side of the body, there is a longitudinal line of black 
blotches, which unite under the pectorals ; some feeble, black 
transverse spots on the upper part of the body. 
Only seen once, in February. 
GOBItJS BEEIirATTTS. 
Gobius frenatus, G-unther, Catal., v. iii., p. 39. 
Anterior dorsal with six spines ; scales numbering thirty-six 
on the lateral line ; head without a crest ; caudal fine, rather 
rounded, and sub-elongate. One canine tooth at each side of the 
lower jaw ; no hard spines at the dorsal ; body contained six and 
