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Show 862 LIEUT.-COL. PLAYFAIR ON [NOV. 14, 125. A. MULTIOCELLATUS. Chironedes multiocellatus, Cuv. & Val. xii. p. 420. Antennarius leucosoma, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 18o4, Floris, p. 328. . Chironedes leprosus, Eyd. & Soul. Voy. Bonite, Zool. 1. p. 187. Antennarius multiocellatus, Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 194. Var. a. D. 3 113. A. 7. P. 10. Colour.-Blackish, marbled with lighter and with red ; the upper part of the body with numerous large black ocelli, the lower part thickly covered with small black spots. Four large black ocelli along the edge of the soft dorsal, two on anal, and four on caudal. Length 5 inches. Var. b. D. 3 112. A. 6. P. 10. Colour.-Whitish, dotted all over with blackish, especially on the belly ; three or four large spots on the sides, one at the base of the third'dorsal spine, three along the margin, and two along the base of anal, and three arranged as a triangle on the caudal. Length 4 inches. Hab. Seychelles; Caribbean Seas; East-Indian archipelago; Sandwich Islands. GOBIID.E. 126. GOBIUS ORNATUS. Gobius ornatus, Riipp. Atlas, Fische, p. 135; N.W. Fische, p. 137; Giinth. Fish. iii. p 21. G. ventralis (Ehrenb.), Cuv. & Val. xii. p. 113. G. interstindus, Richards. Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Fish. p. 3, pl. 5. f 3-6. ' Hab. Seychelles; Red Sea ; East-Indian archipelago ; Philippine Islands ; north-west coast of Australia. 127. G. CANINUS, C. & V. 128. PERIOPHTHALMUS KOELREUTERI, C. & V. 129. ELEOTRIS OPHIOCEPHALUS, K. & v. H. 130. E. FUSCA, Schn. 131. E. SOARESI, Playf. 132. E. CYANOSTIGMA. ? Eleotris cyanostiyma, Bleek. Natur. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. 1855, Kokos, iv. p. 452 ; Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 119. ? Eleotriodes cyanostigma, Bleek. Enum. Sp. p. 112. D. 6^. A. j . L. lat. 26-28. Diagnosis.-The third dorsal spine produced into a filament. Nine series of scales between the root of posterior dorsal and anal. |