370 SYNOPSIS. 



ing to the second dorsal ; caudal rounded ; colour deep 

 olive-brown, with dusky spots and streaks, dorsals varie- 

 gated with whitish. Fin-rays, D. 6, 17 : P. 17 : V. 12 : 

 A. 12 : C. 15. — lAwn.., Cwv. <fc Val.^ xii. p. 9 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish., i. 281. 



Sp. 73. G. Euthensparri. Double-spotted Goby. Dorsals 

 more widely apart than in G. niger, the first with seven 

 rays, the rays of all the fins slender and flexible ; colour 

 brown, the under parts pale brown, approaching to white ; 

 beneath the commencement of the first dorsal, a conspi- 

 cuous black spot, and another at the base of the caudal 

 fin. Fin-rays, D. 7, 12 : P. 15 : V. 12 : A. 12 : C. 11.— 

 Cwv. & Vol., xii. p. 36 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 285. G. bi- 

 punctatus, Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 255, (1st. •ed.) ; Jmyns" 

 Brit. Vert, p. 386. 



Sp. 74. G. minutus. Freckled or Spotted Goby. Dorsal fins 

 more remote than in either of the two preceding species, 

 first dorsal with six rays ; tail rounded at the extremity • 

 colour pale yellowish white, freckled with ferruginous, tai\ 

 barred with the latter colour. Fin- rays, D. 6, 12 : P. 20 : 

 V. 12 : A. 13 : C. 12.— Cuv. ^ Val., xii. 29 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish., i. 288. Spotted Goby, Perm. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 290, 

 pi. 41. 



Sp. 75. G. gracilis. Slender Goby. Form more elongated 

 and slender than that of G. minutus; dorsal fins rather 

 distant, the anterior with six rays ; rays of the caudal 

 rather long. Fin-rays, D. 6, 12 : P. 21 : V. 12 : A. 12 : 



C. 13. Colour as in C. minutus, but the anals and ven- 

 trals dusky or blackish. — Jenyns'' Brit. Vert, 290 ; Yarn 

 Brit. Fish., i. 290 ; Parnell, Mem. Wern. Soc, vii. p. 245. 



Sp. 76. G. umipmictatus. One-spotted Goby. Dorsal fins 

 remote ; anterior rays of the second dorsal fin longer than 

 the succeeding ones ; caudal fin even ; first dorsal with six 

 rays ; a large black spot on the summit of the membrane 

 between the two last rays of the first dorsal fin. Fin-rays, 



D. 6, 11 : P. 16 : V. 10 : A. 11 : C. 15.— Parnell, Mem. 

 Wern. Soc, vii. p. 243, pi. 29 ; Yarr. Brit Fish., i. 292. 



