366 GOBIID^E. 



There is a small white spot on each suprascapular, one on the 

 pectoral, and five cross bars, irregular and interrupted, on the 

 dorsal and sides, with a spot or two on the interspaces. These 

 white marks are not alike on both sides of the fish, and are 

 likely therefore to vary considerably in different individuals. 



Osteology. 



The larger specimen, whose skeleton has furnished the fol- 

 lowing particulars, was blanched, probably from having lain 

 exposed on the ice or beach, but some markings similar to 

 those described above could be made out. 



The vertebrae are in the whole column 92, of which 26 are 

 abdominal. The parapophyses of the three next the cra- 

 nium are not developed, but are conspicuous enough in the 

 others, though short throughout the abdomen ; they lengthen 

 much in the caudals, and bend down to form the haemal 

 spines. The ribs, round and slender, are not long, and there 

 is a short subulate appendage springing from the end of each 

 parapophysis. The neural and haemal spines are longest at 

 the beginning of the anal, and shorten gradually as they ap- 

 proach the tip of the tail. Skull perfectly flat on the top, 

 without crests, but with some irregular depressions on the 

 supratemporal and suprascapular angles. Opercular pieces 

 thin and unarmed ; infra orbitars indistinct and membranous ; 

 branchiostegous rays round, tapering and curved, and rather 

 long. 



Dimensions. 



Spec. 1. Spec. 2. 



Length from premaxillary symphysis to edge of gill- 

 opening 1-7 in. 2'4 in. 



Length from ditto to vent 3'5 5'5 



Length from vent to tip of caudal 3'5 5'5 



Total length 7~0 11-0 



Height of head at the nape 0'8 1/0 



Height of body at middle of pectorals ]/2 T5 



Breadth of head at the preopercula ]/l 



Length of pectorals 1-0 1/5 



