52 , GOBIIDiE. 



100. Gobius stevenii. 



Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Uttss. 3fend. iii. p. 432, Poiss. pi. 13. fig. 1. 

 D. 6 I 18. A. 16. 



Scales rather small. The first dorsal subquadrangular, the mem- 

 brane between the third and fourth spines being more elevated than 

 between the second and third. The height of the body is contained 

 six times in the total length, the length of the head four times and 

 a half. Snout of moderate extent, convex ; eye of moderate size. 

 Dorsal fins as high as the body ; caudal rounded ; the ventrals do 

 not extend on to the vent, and have the basal membrane little deve- 

 loped. Body greyish-brown, with darker spots. {Nordm.) 



Kertch (Crimea). 



101. Gobius lacteus. 



Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 430, Poiss. pi. 10. fig. 3. 

 D. 6 I 17. A. 16. 



Scales rather small. The height of the body is contained five 

 times and a third in the total length, the length of the head four 

 times and a third. Snout of moderate extent, convex, with the 

 lower jaw longest. Teeth of the outer series enlarged. Dorsal fins 

 lower than the body ; caudal rounded ; the ventrals do not reach to 

 the vent, and have the basal membrane little developed. Nearly 

 uniform greenish- white. (Nordm.) 



Dniester, 



102. Gobius platyrostris. 



Pall. Zooqr. iii. p. 154 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. 3Ierid. iii. 

 p. 410, 'Poiss. pi. 14. fig. 1. 



Scales rather small. The height of the body is contained four 

 times and two-thirds in the total length, the length of the head 

 three times and two-thirds. Head broader than high ; snout of 

 moderate extent ; cleft of the mouth oblique, with the lower jaw 

 longest ; eyes small, their diameter being much less than the width 

 of the interorbital space. Dorsal fins close together ; the second is 

 higher than the fii'st, nearly as liigh as the body : the ventrals do not 

 reach to the vent : caudal rounded. Brownish ; fins with series of 

 brownish spots. (Nordm.) 



Coasts of the Crimea. 



103. Gobius paganellus. 



Paganellus venetonim, Willughhy, p. 207 ; Ray, p. 75. 



Gobius, sp. 2, Artedi, Genera, p. 29 : Hasselq. Reise nach Palcest. 



p. 373. 

 Gobius paganellus, Z. Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (not Cuv. ^ Val.). 

 bicolor, Cuv. ^ Vol. xii. p. 19 (not Gm.). 



