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Show 152 MR. F. DAY ON NEW INDIAN FISHES. [^e0' 13> along the abdomen. A brilliant golden stripe, two-thirds as wide as a scale, passes from the orbit to the upper third of the tail. Pectoral flesh-coloured. Ventral and anal yellow. Caudal reddish, without bands, tipped with black which is externally edged with white. First dorsal milk-white, edged with black; two horizontal yellow lines along it, which are dotted with very fine black points. Second dorsal milk-white, tipped with black, having one curved horizontal hue of yellow, dotted with black points along its centre. Hab. Madras, in the sea, November 1867. GOBIUS MADRASPATENSIS, sp. nov. D. 6/f P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 9. C. 13. L. 1. 27- L. tr. 11. Length of three specimens from 2^\ to 3 inches. Length of head }, of pectoral *, of caudal £, of base of first dorsal |, of base of second dorsal \, of base of anal £ of the total length. Height of head i-, of body |, of first dorsal i, of second dorsal \, of ventral £, of anal 1 of the total length. Eyes. Upper margin near the profile ; diameter | of length of head, | of a diameter from end of snout, -\ of a diameter apart. Cleft of mouth rather oblique, lower jaw the longest, the posterior extremity of the maxilla extending to beneath the anterior margin of the orbit. Teeth. In several closely set villiform bands in both jaws, with an external somewhat enlarged row in the upper, and also in the anterior half of the lower jaw, having externally a large recurved canine tooth, which is rather nearer the symphysis than the angle of the mouth. Fins. Dorsal spines flexible, the first with a short filamentous extremity; none of the pectoral rays silk-like. Caudal rounded. Scales. Finely ctenoid, scarcely lineated ; they extend forward to the posterior margin of the orbit, and are smaller on the nape than on the rest of the body. There are seven horizontal rows between the origin of the second dorsal and that of the anal. Colours. Olivaceous, with irregular brownish ill-defined blotches and dots. From five to eight very fine vertical black lines pass downwards from the back to the abdomen, commencing opposite to the base of the ventral, and ending opposite to the middle of the anal, giving the first the appearance of being banded. Fins greyish ; first dorsal with two rows of dark blotches, second dorsal irregularly blotched and dotted. Pectoral and anal unspotted. Ventral tipped with black. Caudal minutely dotted in rows. Hab. Backwaters in Madras, probably will be found in the sea ; is not a freshwater species. GOBIUS NEILLI, sp nov. D. 6/|. P.15. V.i A. 9. C. 13. L.l.28. L.tr.9. Length of specimens from ly5^ to 3T 2;jiuches. Length of head f, of pectoral £, of caudal 1, of base of first dorsal ^, of base of second dorsal £, of base of anal f of the |