G O B I U S
S T R I G A T U S .
In c o l is Infula Otaheite Taiboa. D . Solander; Taipoa. J . R . Former.
B. D. P. V . A . C.
6 6, 20 2o 6 19 ^
L o cu s : Oceanus pacificus prope Infulam Otaheite, J . R. Forfler (Muf. Britannic.)
D E S C R I . P T I O .
R. 5. P. 2. D. a 2, 3. b 3, 4. V . 2. A. 3, 4. C. 4, g.
Corpus comprelTum, lanceolatum ; Diameter perpendicularis, juxta anum major, ad longitu-
dinalem, circiter ut 2 : 9 ; Abdomen fubre&um, convexiufculum ; Dorfiim reftum, con-
yexiulculum; Later a pianiuicula j Cauda coiriprefla, fuperne et inferne, convexiufcula.
Squames oblique regulariter imbricatas, fubquadrataj, bafi fubtruncatse, oblolete crehat®, apice
rotundatae, leviter ciliatas, coloratse.
Linea lateralis dorfö parallela, obloleta.
Anus paulo ante medium. Apertur a genitalis pone anum. Regio circumjacens nuda.
L C : A t : 44 : 26
Caput comprelTum, poftice corpore latius, antice' compreffius nudum, fubtus leviter curva-
tum, planiufculum, fuperne curvatum, antice convexum, inter oculos planum,-.lateribus
convexum; Cutis communis porulofa: Pori ante oculos, conferti-, minuti: duo vel tres
' u trinque maj ores lupra. opercula anteriora.
Rifius ore claufo oblique furfum- fpe&ans, aperto vix deorfum, fuborbicularis, amplus.
Maxilla inferior paulo brevior, obtula, fubtus pianiuicula; ÖJJa mobilia, ball dilatata, fuperne
. lobata, apice anguftata, arcuata. Gula dilatabilis ; Membrana gularis lateribus membra-
nas branchioftegas uniens,, apice fternö affixa, longitudinaliter rugofa, nuda«
Maxilla