Body moderately wide, compressed. Head large. 
3nout moderate 
somewhat tumid. Bye advanced, usually less than snout. Mouth moderate, 
little oblique, jaws sube 
. Outer row of larger teeth anteriorly 
followed by an inner series of smaller ones; large canines on sides of 
mandible: relate toothless. Tongue free in front, subtruncate anteriorly. 
Ho barbels. Gill openings broad, separated by wide isthmus. Gill rakers 
few, obsolete on outer edge of first arch. Psendobranchiae present. Scales 
rather small, cycloid anteriorly on body, breast and pectoral base, few 
imperfect on uoper part of ooercle, others mostly ctenoid. Head with fine 
rows of mucigerous papillae. Shoulder girdle smooth. Dorsals almost con¬ 
tinuous, with 6 spines and 15 rays. Anal like second dorsal, opposite, with 
15 rays. Caudal rounded. Pectoral rounded, rays l8 or 19* Ventrals large, 
united, with spine and 5 rays. 
Indo-Pacific. Small, more or less banded or striped 
gobies with 
