54 GOBIIDiE. 



105. Gobius ophiocephalus. 



Gobius ophiocephalus, Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. 153 ; Nordm. iti Demtd. Voy, 



Ritss. Merid. iii. p. 425, Poiss. pi. 10. fig. 2. 

 Gobius lota, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 27 ; Martens in Wiegm. Archiv, 1857, 



p. 178. 



I>-6|nb- ^-TSV.- L- lat. 60-64. 



Seventeen longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal 

 and the anal fins. Head rather higher than broad. The height of 

 the body is contained six times and a half in the total length, the 

 length of the head four times and one-third. The vertical diameter 

 of the eye is rather more than one -half the length of the snout, and 

 nearly equal to the width of the interorbital space. The anterior 

 dorsal fin is as high as the body, but lower than the posterior ; the 

 distance of the first dorsal from the eye equals that of the snout 

 from the praeoperculum. Pectoral without silk-like rays ; the ven-r 

 tral has the basal membrane little developed, and does not extend 

 on to the vent. Brownish, marbled with darker ; sides of the head 

 and root of the pectoral spotted with whitish ; the fii'st dorsal with 

 three pairs of dotted, brownish longitudinal bands ; the second and 

 the caudal spotted, the pectoral dotted with brown. A round dark- 

 brown spot at the root of the caudal. 



[Fresh waters and] coasts of Italy and Dalmatia. Palestine. 



a. Eight inches long. Dalmatia. 



b. Adult. Mediterranean. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 



c. Half-grown. Adriatic. 



d-f, g. Half-grown. Lake Apollonia (Palestine). Presented by 

 H. Poole, Esq. 



106. Gobius cruentatus. 



BrUnn. IcJith. Massil. p. 33. no. 42. 



Gobius cruentatus, L. Gm. p. 1197 ; Bl. Schn. p. 72 ; Bisso, Ichth. 



Nice, p. 157, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 282 ; Cuv. 8,- Val. xii. p. 29 ; 



Cur.Begne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 80. fig. 1 ; Guichen. Exp. Alger. Poiss. 



p. 77. 

 ? Gobius gi-acilis, Fries, Vet. Aknd. Handl. 1838, p. 245. tab. 4. fig. 2 ; 



Niks. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 224. 



D.6|i. A.^-^. L.lat.58. 



Seventeen or eighteen longitudinal scries of scales between the 

 second dorsal and the anal fins. Head as broad as high. The height 

 of the body is contained five times and a half in the total length, the 

 length of the head four times and a half. The horizontal diameter 

 of the eye equals the length of the snout, and is one-fom-th of the 

 length of the head ; the interorbital space is veiy narrow and en- 

 tirely scaleless. Dorsal fins not very close together, somewhat 

 lower than the body ; the distance of the first dorsal from the eye 

 is more than that of the snout from the prgeoperculum ; a few of the 

 upper pectoral rays silk-like ; the ventral has the basal membrane 

 well developed, and docs not extend on to the vent. Sides of the 



