76 GOBIIDiE. 



143. Gobius ruthensparri. 



Gobius ruthensparri, Eupliras. Ni/a Handl. Stockfi. 1786, p. G4 ; Eefs. 



Finm. Slice, p. 32G ; Fries in Wiej/m. Arch. 1840, p. 237 ; Cnv. S,- 



Val. xii. p. 48; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 2nd edit. i. p. 285; Nilss. 



Skitml. Fatal, iv. p. 226. 



niinutus, Ifilss. Prodr. p. 94. 



niger, Donov. Brit. Fishes, v. pi. 104 ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 206. 



bipunctatus, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, 1st edit. i. p. 255 ; Jen. Man. 



p. 386; Parn. Fishes Frith of Forth, p. 86. pi. 29. 



D. 7 1 ^. A. 3^. L. lat. 35-40. 



Eleven longitudinal series of scales between the second dorsal and 

 the anal fins. Head as broad as high, with the snout short and ob- 

 tuse. Body moderately slender ; the interorbital space is very 

 narrow and scalelcss. Dorsal fins rather remote from each other, 

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

 is more than that of the snout from the prteoperculum. None of the 

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

 developed, and extends nearly to the vent. A deep-brown spot on 

 each side of the root of the caudal fin, another above the base of the 

 pectoral. 



German Ocean. British Channel. 



rt, ?). Many specimens. Falmouth. Presented by W. C. Cocks, Esq. 

 c-d. Adult : bad state. PolpeiTO. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 

 e-h. Adult. Berwick. 

 i-h. Adult. Presented by Dr. Johnston. 



144. Gobius stigmothonus. 



Richards. Voij. Siilph. Ichthyol. p. 147. 



Teeth of the outer series enlarged ; eyes about half the diameter of 

 the orbit apart. A series of six very irregular dai-k marks on the 

 middle of the sides, and a round black spot on the base of the caudal. 

 A velvet-black mark occupies the upper half of the dorsal between 

 the tliird and sixth spines. {Richards.) 



Canton. 



145. Gobius flavimanus. 



Gobius fla-vimanus, Schlcg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 141. pi. 74. fig. 1 ; 



Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv., Jajjan, p. 42. 

 Acanthogobius flavimanus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, 



p. 145. 



D. 8 I 14-15. A. 12-13. 



The height of the body is contained six times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times. Snout rather elon- 

 gate, with the upper profile very slightly curved ; its length is con- 

 tained twice and two-thirds in that of the head. The width of the 

 interorbital space is rather less than that of the orbit. Canine teeth 



