58 GOBIIDiE. 



spots along the lateral line, that at the base of the caudal being the 

 most distinct ; the anterior dorsal with a blackish spot posteriorly ; 

 the other vertical fins dotted with brownish. 



Coasts of Scandinavia. 



a. Adult. River Gotha, Sweden. Taken from the stomach of a 

 Cotius scorjphis. 



This species is very similar to Gohhis minutus, with which it has 

 been confounded by Ekstrom, but may be readily distinguished by 

 the greater number of the rays of the dorsal and anal fins. 



lines. 



Total length 28 



Height of the body 4| 



Length of the head 7 



Greatest width and height of the head 4 



Diameter of the eye 1| 



111. Gobius minutus. 



The Spotted Goby. The Polewig. 



Aphya, Rondel, vii. c. 3. p. 210. 



Apliya cobitis, Willughhy, p. 207. pi. 12. fig. 5. 



Marsio, Roy, p. 76. 



Gobius, sp. >^, Artedi, Gmiera, p. 29 (part, descr.), and sp. 4, Synon. 



p. 47 (part, synon.). 

 Gobius aphya, X. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 450 (part.) ; Artedi, ed. Walb. iii. 



p. 192; Bl. Schn'^. 70; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 281 (not Ichth. 



Nice). 

 Gobius, no. 276, Gronov. Zoophyl. i. p. 81. 

 Spotted Goby, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 187. tab. 37. 

 Buhotte, Diihamel, Pesches, part. 2. sect. 6. pi. 3. fig. 3. 

 Gobius minutus, L. Gni. i. p. 1199; Lacep. ii. p. 571; Donov. Brit. 



Fishes, ii. pi. 38 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 94 ; Fletn. Brit. An. p. 206 ; 



Jen. Man. p. 386 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 2ud edit. i. p. 288, 3rd edit. 



ii. p. 325 ; Parn. Fishes of the Frith of Forth, p. 82. pi. 29; C«». ^ 



Val. xii. p. 39 ; Fries, Wiegm. Arch. 1840, p. 237 ; Niks. Skand. 



Faun. iv. p. 222 ; Guichen. Exp. Alger. Poiss. p. 78 (not Pall, or 



Ekstr.). 

 Eleotris minuta, Bl. Schn. p. 66. 

 Gobius quadrimaculatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 44 ; Guichen. Exp. Alger, 



Poiss. p. 78. 



unipimctatus, Parn. Fishes of the Fiith of Forth, p. 83. pi. 29. 



? Gobius leopardiuus, Nordm. in JDeniid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 436, 



Poiss. pi. 13. fig. 4. 



D-S^-^- A.^„. L.lat.60. 

 Fifteen longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and 

 the anal fins. Head rather broader than high. The height of the 

 body is nearly one-seventh of the total length, the length of the head 

 one-fourth. The horizontal diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the 

 length of the head, and less than that of the snout. The interorbital 

 space is narrow and naked. The dorsal fins are rather remote from 

 each other, and somewhat lower than the body ; the distance of the 



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