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that two species have been confounded under the name platyrostris, 

 and that the fish figured by Xordmann is specifically different from 

 that of Pallas : — 



102. Gobius platyrostris. 

 Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. 154 ; EafJtke, Fauna der Krym, p. 325 ; ? Nordm. 

 in Demid. Voij. Muss, llerid. iii. p. 410 ; Kessler, Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Mosc. 1859, 2. p. 235. 



D-elieVr ^-liVr L.lat. 72-74. 

 Head large, depressed, one-fourth of the total length ; lower jaw 

 rather longer than the upper ; lips fleshy, very broad, the upper lip 

 especially dilated ; the length of the ventral fin is rather less than 

 one-seventh of the total. Crown of the head scaly. Brownish- 

 grey, spotted -svith darker ; fins (except ventral) dark grey, lighter 

 at the base, with blackish streaks. 



102 a. Gobius kessleri. 



Gobius plat_^T0stris, Nordm. I. c. pi. 24. fig. 1 ; Kessler, zur Ichthyol. 

 siidl. liussl. p. 11 ; (not Pall). 



platvcephahis, Kessler, Nachtriige zur Ichthyol. siidtcestl. Russl. 



p. 16, aud Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, 2. p. 234 ; (not Richards, or 

 Peters). 



I>-6|t^; A.j^. L.lat. 65-75. 

 Head large, depressed, its length being contained twice and three- 

 fourths in the total length ; lower jaw prominent ; crown of the head 

 and upper portion of the operculum scaly ; the length of the ventral 

 fin is contained five times and a half in the total. Brownish-grey, 

 with dark-brown spots ; fins (except ventrals) mth dark bands. 

 Dnjester, Dnjeper, and Bug. 



102 5. Gobius trautvetteri. 



Kessler, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, 2. p. 244. 



D. 6 I 17-19. A. 13-15. L. lat. 63-68. 



Body tapeiing posteriorly ; head scarcely broader than high, its 

 length being one-fourth of the total. Cleft of the mouth extending 

 to below the anterior margin of the eye ; lower jaw projecting beyond 

 the upper ; Ups rather narrow ; nape of the neck and the upper por- 

 tion of the operculum scaly. The second dorsal is highest behind the 

 middle ; length of the caudal one-fifth of the total. Nine or ten longi- 

 tudinal series of scales on the hind part of the taU. Brownish, with 

 whitish dots and a lateral series of five or six brown spots. (Kessl.) 



Bug. Odessa. 



Page 52. Gobius paganellus. 



Add to the synonymy : — 



Gobius melanio, Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. 157 ; Rathke, Fauna der Krym, 

 p. 327 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 412, Poiss. pi. 11. 

 fig. 1 ; Kessler, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, 2. p. 250. 



