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ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



IX. THE FAMILY OF GOBIES. 

 GOBIOID^. 



Representatives in British Fauna. — Gen. 7* Sp. 16 



Gen. 39. Blennius. Sp. 64.jB. Montagui. 

 65. B. Ocellaris. 

 QQ. B. Gattorugine. 



67. B. Yarrellii.. 



68. P. Icevis. . . 



69. G. guttata. 



70. Z. viviparus. . 



71. A. lupus. . . 



72. G. niger. . . 



73. G.Ruihensparn 



74. G. minutus. . 

 15. G. gracilis. . 

 76. G.unipimctatus. 

 n.G.albus. . . 



45. Callionymus. 78. C. lyra. . . 



79. C. dracunculus. 



40. Pholis. 



41. gunnellus. 



42. ZOARCUS. . 



43. Anarrhicas. 



44. GoBius. . . 



Montague's Blenny. 

 Ocellated Ditto. 

 Gattoruginous J)o. 

 Yarrell's Do. 

 The SlianorShaimy 

 Spotted Gunnei. 

 Viviparous Bleuny. 

 The Wolf-fish. 

 The Black Goby. 

 Double-spotted Do 

 Spotted Do. 

 Slender Do. 

 One-spotted Ditto. 

 White Ditto. 

 G emmeous Drago - 



net. 

 Sordid Do. 



Under the family of Gobioidee, Baron Cuvier has 

 united those osseous fishes which possess the least 

 claim to a place in the great series of the Acanthop- 

 terygii. Nearly the whole of them have their dorsal 

 fins slender and flexible, and in one genus in parti- 

 cular (Zoarcus) they are so very soft, that many 

 Ichthyologists question, though without sufficient 

 ground, the propriety of their admission. The seve- 

 ral members of the family strikingly resemble each 



