414 The Rev. R. T. Lowe on the Fishes of Madeira. 



above name or reference. I had before supposed it to be undescribed, 

 calling it B. strigatus. 



Pholis lecvis, Flem. Cuv. and Val. XI. 269. Yarr. 1, 230. Syn. 

 Mad. Fish 185. Rarior. 



I cannot help suspecting that MM. Cuvier and Valenciennes' Ma- 

 deran specimen at least, discovered by my friend Henry Richardson, 

 Esq., of Aber Hirnant, North Wales, of Blennius trigloides, Cuv. and 

 Val. XI. 228, is really nothing but this state or variety of Pholis 

 Icevis, which differs from the ordinary European fish only in having 

 five or six distinct dark blotches or " demi-bands" along the back. 

 I have hitherto met with no other fish beside the present answering 

 at all to their description of B. trigloides; whilst this state of Pholis 

 Icevis, although somewhat rare, is by no means so uncommon as to 

 have been likely to escape Mr. Richardson's unwearied assiduity. 



Salarias atlanticus, Cuv. and Val. XL 321. Syn. Mad. Fish 185. 

 Vulgaris. 



Tripterygion nasus, Riss. Cuv. and Val. XI. 409. Syn. Mad. Fish 

 185. Rariss. 



Gobius niger, /3. nob. 



, L. Syn. Mad. Fish 185. 



Gobius Maderensis, Cuv. and Val. XII. 55. Rarior. 



I believe this to be a mere variety or state of the common Euro- 

 pean G. niger, Cuv. and Val., analogous to the above-mentioned 

 Maderan state of Pholis Icevis, Flem. 



Gobius ephippiatus, G. fuscus, maculatus et punctatus : capite 

 nuchaque nudis, hac sulcata : pinnarum pectoralium dorsaliumque radiis 

 hand productis : squamis magnis. 



D. l ma . 6; D. 2 da . 12; A. 11 ; P. 19 ; V. 5; C. ^-| + XV; 



5 v. 6 



B. M. 5. Rariss. 



Of a nearly uniform brown colour, a little paler on the belly, with 

 a row of darker rich brown patches along the sides, and above these 

 numerous scattered smaller spots. Head spotted. The spots on the 

 head and fore part of the body are ocellate, or surrounded by a fer- 

 ruginous or yellow ring. The eyes are scarcely a semidiameter apart. 

 The ventral fins are united, but by a very low membrane in front. 

 Length of the only individual which has hitherto occurred, five inches. 

 It appears sufficiently distinct from all the described European spe- 

 cies by its naked head and nape. 



Fam. LophidjE. 



Cheironectes bicornis. C. hispidus, setts furcatis, nudus sex- 

 cppendiculatus, pallide ruber, punctulis fuscis conspurcatus : 



