1. GOBITJS. 13 



d, e. Adult and half-grown. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. Pratt, 



Esq. 

 /. Half- grown : bad state. Malta. From the Haslar Collection, 

 g. Adult : skeleton. Dalmatia. 



11. Gobius flavus. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 60. 



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

 of the head one-fifth. The width of the interorbital space equals the 

 diameter of the eye. The cleft of the mouth is horizontal, and ex- 

 tends to behind the vertical from the orbit. Scales of moderate size. 

 None of the pectoral rays silk-like ; no warts on the head. Uniform 

 yellowish. {Val.) 

 Surinam. 



12. Gobius nudiceps. 

 Cuv. 4' Val. xii. p. 65. 



The length of the head is one-fourth of the total ; it is higher than 

 broad, and half as high as long ; its profile descends little, and is 

 nearly straight ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the length 

 of the head, and equals the \vidth of the interorbital space. The 

 outer teeth are somewhat enlarged, but there are no canines. Dorsal 

 fins rather low. Scales of moderate size ; head, nape of the neck, 

 and base of the pectoral naked. None of the pectoral rays silk-like. 

 Blackish-olive : a black, white-edged vertical band at the base of the 

 pectoral; the first dorsal grey, with tliree blackish longitudinal 

 streaks, and with the margin yellow ; the second vnih. twelve black- 

 ish oblique lines ; the rays of the caudal dotted with blackish. The 

 other fins uniform grey. ( Val.) 



Cape of Good Hope. 



Bleeker (" Cape of Good Hope," p. 25) gives a description of a single 

 specimen of a Goby from the Cape, which he refers to this species. 

 His description differs in several points from that of Valenciennes :— 

 The height of the body is contained sLx times and a thii-d in the total 

 length, the length of the head four- times and three-fifths. The 

 width of the interorbital space is not much more than one-half of 

 the diameter of the eye. Sixty scales in a longitudinal line ; a 

 narrow stripe of scales across the base of the pectoral fin. The basal 

 half of the pectoral fin deep violet, with a very conspicuous light 

 transverse band ; a black spot superiorly at the base. 



13. Gobius genivittatus. 



Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 64. 



The upper jaw is somewhat protractile. The length of the head 

 is one-fifth of the total ; it is broader than high, and half as high as 

 long. The eye occupies the second quarter of the length of the head ; 



