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lower one. The cleft of the mouth is oblique, and the lower jaw is longer than the 
upper. The first dorsal is somewhat higher than the second ; the spines are slightly 
produced and filiform ; both fins are much lower than the body. 
Colour pale, with light-blue spots above and a few transverse blue streaks below the 
lateral line ; blue markings on cheek, opercles, and base of pectorals ; vertical fins 
clouded with reddish. — Length 4^ inches. 
Zanzibar. 
Named after Dr. G. E. Seward, Surgeon to the Zanzibar Political Agency. 
GOBIOSOMA, Girard. 
242. Gobiosoma fasciatum, sp. n. [487.] 
D-6|i. A. I- 
The height of the body is about one-fifth of the length without caudal, and the length 
of the head about a quarter of the same. The snout is very obtuse ; there is a canine 
tooth on each side of the lower jaw. The first dorsal spine is rather produced. 
Body brownish red, with four darker cross bands ; the first across the back before 
the dorsal ; the second below the spinous dorsal ; the third below the third, fourth, and 
fifth dorsal rays ; and the fourth below the end of the soft dorsal. The head has 
numerous small blue ocelli, edged with purplish. Dorsal and caudal fins yellowish ; 
the soft portion of the former has about fourteen light-bluish darker-edged longitudinal 
lines ; anal blackish brown, with seven blue longitudinal bands, each edged with purple ; 
pectoral with numerous yellow dots ; ventrals brownish black. — Length 5 inches. 
Zanzibar. 
GOBIODON Kuhl & v. Hass. 
243. Gobiodon citrinus. [64.] 
Gobiodon citrinus, Rupp. N. TV. Fische, p. 139, t. 3.2. f. 4 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 87. 
Aden. Bed Sea. 
244. Gobiodon reticulatus, sp. n. Plate IX. fig. 2. [64 a.] 
D. 6 | 12-13. A. 9-11. 
In habit similar to the other species of this genus ; scales none ; height of body two- 
fifths of the total length without caudal ; length of the head one-fourth of the same ; 
a pair of strong teeth at the symphysis of the lower jaw ; eye small ; dorsal and anal fins 
elevated, but lower than the body ; the spines of the anterior dorsal decrease slightly in 
length posteriorly, and the last is connected with the first ray by a low membrane ; 
ventral disk very short, not adherent to the belly. 
