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Show 272 DR. F. DAY ON A N E W GOBIOID FISH. [May 14, band also at the side of the head is blue black, instead of bright blue as in C. cyanotis, which also wants the white points to the feathers so distinct in C. sanghirensis. The figure has been drawn from the type specimen in my collection, and coloured from a very fine example in the Leyden Museum. 4. O n a N e w Gobioid Fish from Madras. By FRANCIS D A Y , F.Z.S., F.L.S. Several specimens of the following species of Acanthopterygian fish have been obtained by myself from the backwaters around Madras; some have also been received from Conjeveram through Dr. Shortt, and others from near Arcot (where they were captured by Mr. Potter). Its characters apparently are those of the genus Euctenogobius of Gill, and it resembles a Goby in almost every particular ; but its inferior pharyngeal bones are of a somewhat triangular shape, and with a median longitudinal suture, as in many of the Acanthopterygii pharyngognathi. Eiwtcnogobins striatus. EUCTENOGOBIUS STRIATUS, sp. nov. Coondallum, Tamil. B.iv. D.6|i;. P.15. V.-L; A. 10. Vert. u 16* C 15. L. i. GO. Length of specimens from 1 to 5 inches. |