12 GOBIIB^. 



minute warts, radiating from the eye ; none on the temple and on 

 the neck. Tavo or three of the upper pectoral rays slightly detached. 

 Brownish-yellow, marbled with darker ; a black spot on the upper 

 part of the root of the pectoral. ( Val.) 

 Coast of Nice. 



9. Gobius lesueurii. 



Gobius lesueurii, Hisso, Eur. 3Iend. iii. p. 284; Cui\ 8,- Val. xii. p. 33 ; 

 Guichen. Exp. Alger. Poiss. p. 77. 



D. 6 I -. A. -. L. lat. 26-27. L. transv. 4 or 5. 



I 14 14 



The height of the body is one-seventh of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-fifth. The head is one-third less high than 

 long, and one-quarter less broad than high. The width of the in- 

 terorbital space is less than one-half the diameter of the eye. The 

 upper profile of the snout descends abruptly, and the lower jaw 

 projects a little. Flesh- or rose-coloured, with yellowish tints : 

 cheek and opercle with three yellow stripes, descending obliquely 

 forwards ; the first dorsal with a blackish margin ; caudal with two 

 greyish vertical lines. ( Val.^ 



Coast of Nice. 



10. Gobius jozo. 



Gobius tertius, Willuffhbi/, p. 207 ; Say, p. 76 ; Artedi, Synon. p. 47 



(not synon.). 

 jozo, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 450; Bl. Schn. p. 69; Hisso, Ichth. Nice, 



p. 159, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 280 ; Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 35 ; Guichen. 



Exj). Alf/er. Poiss. p. 77. 



albescens, &e., Gronov. Mas. no. 176, and Zoophi/l. no. 275. 



nebulosus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 161, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 281 



(not Forsk.). 

 longeradiatus, Risso, Eur. 3ferid. iii. p. 286 ; Cm: 4'- Val. xii. 



p. 38. 



D. 6 I ^. A. y!f. L. lat. 34-40. 



The height of the body is one-seventh of the total length ; head as 

 broad as high, with the snout very obtuse. The eye occupies the 

 second quarter of the length of the head ; the width of the inter- 

 orbital space equals one-half of its diameter. Scales of moderate size ; 

 canine teeth none. The dorsal fins are elevated, and some rays of 

 the first are prolonged, filiform ; caudal somewhat pointed ; the 

 basal membrane of the ventral fin is broad, provided with a small 

 appendage on each side. The upper pectoral rays silk-like. Stripes 

 of minute warts on the side of the head and on the neck. BroA\aiish 

 or brown ; fins blackish, especially the ventral and anal fins ; the 

 first dorsal black superiorly, or with one or two black spots between 

 the first two spines ; dorsal fins sometimes with brownish longitu- 

 dinal liues. 



Mediterranean. 



a-b, c. Adult. Dalmatia. 



