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Discobou. 
Lipari.8 gelatinosus, Pall., noticed and figured by Peters, 1. c. p. 171, 
pi. i. fig. 2. 
GOBIIDiE. 
Bleeker sketches a plan for a new arrangement of this family, from 
which he excludes CalUonymus and Platyptera. Arch. Neerl. ix. 
pp. 289-3.31. The following is an extract of the method which ho pro- 
poses ; — 
Sub-fam. 1. Eleotriformes. 
Phalanx 1. Eleotrini. Body sub-elongate, or elongate cylindrical 
anteriorly ; head depressed, broader than high, or its breadth 
and height equal ; intermaxillary teeth in several series ; dorsal 
and anal not elongate, with 7 to 15 rays ; caudal obtuse. 
Sub-phalanx a. Philypni. Vomerine teeth; teeth in jaws in 
several series, no canines. (Genera: Phily^modon^ Blkr., 
BostrichtJiys^ Dum., Philypnus, Val.) 
Sub phalanx 5. Eleotrti. Palate toothless; head without osse- 
ous crests. (Genera: Odonteleotris, Gill, Eleoti'is, Gron., Gua- 
vina, Blkr., Oxyeleotris, Blkr., Ophiocara, Gill, Mogurnda, Gill, 
Culivs, Blkr., Gohiomorphus, Gill, Belobranchiis, Blkr., Gymn- 
deotris, Blkr.) 
Sub-phalanx c. BuTii. Head with osseous crests which are 
smooth or serrated, palate toothless, teeth in several series in 
both jaws ; gill-openings extending to beneath tlie eye, sepa- 
rated by a narrow isthmus ; scales on trunk ctenoid. (Genera : 
Buti8, Blkr., Gymnohutis, Blkr., Prionohutis, Blkr., ,Odonto- 
hutis, Blkr.) 
Phalanx 2. Hypseleotrini. Body oblong, short, compressed ; head 
compressed, higher than broad, scaly, without osseous crests, 
palate toothless; teeth in jaws small, in several series, no 
canines ; scales on trunk large ; dorsal and anal not elongate, 
caudal obtuse. (Genera : Dormitator, Gill, Asteroptcryx, 
Riipp.) 
Phalanx 3. Pareleotrini. Body sub-elongate or elongate-com- 
pressed; head convex compressed, higher than broad, with 
osseous crests n.aked or without spines; teeth fixed in jaws, 
immovable, no vomerine, pharyngeal subulate acicular. 
(Genera: Brachycleotris, Blkr., Iletereleotris, Blkr., Valen- 
dcnnesia,JMkr.,Eleotriodes,Blkv., Ptcrclcotrh, Gill, Orfhostomus, 
Kn., Oxymdopon, Blkr.) 
Sub-fam. 2. Gobtt formes. 
Phalanx 1. Gobiodontint. - Body oblong-ovate, compressed ; head 
very obtuse, scaleless; cleft of mouth short curved, teeth in 
jaw in several series, simple, fixed ; gill-openings not reaching 
below base of pector.als ; dorsals contiguous or continuous at 
their base, the posterior dorsal and the anal short, ventral 
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