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. — Linn., Ouv. <£- VaL, xii. p. 9; Yarr.Brit. 

 Fish., i. 281. 



Sp. 73. G. Rivthensparri. 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 

 broA\Ti, the under parts pale bro-mi, 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. 1 1.— 

 Cuv. cfc VaL, xii. p. 36 ; YmT. Brit. Fish., i. 285. G. bi- 

 pnnctatus, Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 255, (1st. ed.) ; Jenyns* 

 Brit. Vert., p. 386. 



Sp. 74. G. minutics. 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, tail 

 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, Penn. 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 cauda.1 

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



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

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

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



Sp. 76. G. unipimctatus. 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 ; Ta^r. Bnt. Fish., L 282. 



