206 FISHES. ACANTHOPT. Gobius. 



Gen. LVII. GOBIUS. Goby.— Ventral fins, thoracic, form- 

 ing a concave disc by their union, but not capable of act- 

 ing as a sucker. With an air-bag. 



117. G. niger. Black Goby. — Tail rounded. 



Gobius marinus, Merr. Pin. 189. Sibb. Scot. 24 G. niger, Will Ich. 



206. Linn. Syst. 1. 449. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 213 — Groundling, 

 Rock-fish — On the English and Scottish coasts. 



Length 5 inches. Body brownish above, white beneath, variegated with 

 dark streaks and spots. There is usually a black spot on each side behind 

 the pectorals, and at the base of the tail. 1st D. 1, 2 D. 12 to 14, P. 18, V. 

 8, A. 12, C. 16. 



118. G. minutus. Spotted Goby. — Tail even. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 215. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xxxviii. Neill, Wern. 

 Mem. i. 534 Taken in shrimp nets. 



Length about 2i inches. Body whitish, with ferruginous streaks ; streaks 

 of dots of the latter colour across the fins. 1st D. 6, 2D. 11, P. 20, A. 11, 

 C. 16. The head is flat, the eyes large and protuberant. 



Gen. LVIII. BLENNIUS. Blenny. Head furnished 



with fimbriated appendages. 



* Dorsal Jin broad, abbreviated in the middle. 



1. Head with two appendages. 



119- B. ocellaris. Ocellated Blenny. — First ray of the dor- 

 sal fin longest ; crest fimbriated posteriorly. 



B. Salviani, Will. Ich. 131 — B. ocellaris, Linn. Svst. i. 442. Block, 

 Ich. t. 167- Mont. Wern. Mem. ii. 443, t. xxii. f.*2 — On the coast of 

 Devon. 



Length about 4 inches. Body brown, with a greenish tinge, spotted ; a 

 round purple spot with a white ring on the dorsal fin. Eyes nearlv level 

 with the crown; irides silvery. D. 25, P. 12, V. 3, A. 18, C. 12. "Three 

 individuals of this species were obtained by Montagu from an oyster-bed at 

 Torcross, Devonshire, the only examples which have yet occurred on the 

 British shores. 



120. B. Gattorugine. — First ray of the dorsal fin short; 

 crest fimbriated on both sides. 



Gatt. Will. Ich. 132 — B. Gatt. Linn. Syst. i. 442. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 



207- Mont. Wern. Mem. ii. 447 Southern coast of England. 



Length about 7 inches. Body rufous. Eyes above the level of the crown ; 

 irides orange. Lateral line arched above the pectorals. D. 33, P. 14, V. 2, 

 A. 20, C. 12. — This species was first inserted in our Fauna by Pennant, a speci- 

 men having been found on the Anglesea coast. Montagu mentions another 

 taken in a crab-pot on the south-east coast of Devon. 



2. Head ivith one appendage. 



121. B. Montagui. — The first rays of the dorsal fin on the 

 neck detached 



