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Show 1871.] IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 660 G O B I U S E L A P O I D E S . (Plate LXIII. fig. D.) D. 8 | 21. A. 20. L. lat. 110. Body compressed, its depth being contained four times and two thirds in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and three fourths. Head naked, the scales from the nape advancing only as far as the eye. Snout longer than the eye, which is obliquely directed upwards, and nearly one fifth of the length of the head. Jaws even in front; the maxillary extends to below the anterior margin of the orbit. Teeth moderately strong, not quite equal in size, but none of them can be called canines. The middle dorsal spines are produced ; caudal fin rounded, shorter than the head. Body with seven narrow dark-brown rings edged with white. The first and second correspond to the commencement and end of the spinous dorsal; the three following to the second dorsal fin, on the base of which they form three ocelli; the sixth round the caudal peduncle, and the seventh on the base of the caudal fin. A similar ring crosses the orbits and cheek. A straight brown stripe ascends from the eye to a spot on the nape of the neck. One specimen, 3\ inches long, has been obtained by A. Adams, Esq. As it was in a bottle containing reptiles and fishes from the Japanese region, it is probable that this Goby inhabits some part of those coasts. CALLIONYMUS COOKII. D. 4 | 8. A. 7. Gill-opening a small foramen on the side of the neck ; extremity of the operculum produced backwards. The praeopercular spine is straight, slender, considerably longer than the eye, with six or seven small barbs curved upwards and inwards; no barb at the base of the spine. Head much depressed, its length being contained thrice and two thirds in the total (without caudal). A longitudinal fold of the skin alono* each lower side of the abdomen and tail. Male:-The first dorsal spine and the last ray of the soft dorsal and anal produced. Upper parts of the body with dark transverse bands and markings, the lower with small blue ocelli. The soft dorsal with oblique dark bands and blue ocelli; anal with longitudinal series of blue ocelli in its basal half, and with a black spot between the ends of the sixth and seventh rays ; this black spot is again ornamented with blue ocelli. Caudal fin with dark cross bands, its lower half ocellated with blue. One specimen, 3\ inches long (no. 260), from the Godeffroy Museum ; it was obtained at Rarotonga, Cook's Islands. PAT_ECUS SUBOCELLATUS. (Plate LXIV.) D. 39. A. 15. C. 10. P. 8. The first dorsal spine very short, the second is the longest, as long as the head. The interradial membrane of the anal fin is so narrow that the fin cannot be erected; and the last ray is attached to the lower edge of the tail. The three upper pectoral rays much shorter |