4 GOBIID^. 



Cteno^obius, Gill, Ann. Lye. NaLHkt. New York, 1858, pp. 374, 430. 

 Acantliogobius, GiU in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, and Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Se. Philad. 1859, p. 145. 

 Rhinogobius, GiU in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, and Proc. Acad, 



Nat. Se. Philad. 1859, p. 145. 

 Clifenogobius, Gill in Ann. Lye. Nat, Hist, New York, 1859, p. 12, 

 Lepidogobius, Gill, ibid. p. 14. 



Body more or less elongate, scaly. Teeth in several series in the 

 upper jaw, conical and fixed, generally. small, sometimes with canines. 

 Two dorsal fins : the anterior with six, rarely with five or more 

 flexible spines ; the posterior of greater, and sometimes of much 

 greater, extent than the anterior. A.nal similar to the posterior 

 dorsal in form and size, terminating at some distance from the caudal. 

 Ventral fins united to a disk, which is not attached to the belly. 



3. Gobius lugens, Nordm. in Bemid. Voy. Buss. M6rid. iii. p. 414, Poiss. pi. 9. 



f. 1. — River Codor. 



4. caspius, Eichw. Zool. Spec. iii. p. 76, and Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 



1838, p. 144. — Caspian Sea. 



5. affinis, Eichw. Zool. Spec. iii. p. 75, and Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 



1838, p. 143.— Caspian Sea 



"6. reticulatus, Eichw. Zool. Spec. iii. p. 77. — Odessa. 



7. ephippiatus, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 84, and Trans. Zool. Soc. 



iii. p. 10. — Madeira. 



8. fluviatilis, Pcdl. Zooffr. iii. p. 162 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Buss. 



Merid. iii. p. 429. — Rivers of Southern Russia. 



9. cephalarges. Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. 155 ; Nordm. in Bemid. Voy. Buss. 



Merid. iii. p. 420, Poiss. pi. 12. f. 2.— Black Sea. 



10. constructor, Nordm. I. c. p. 427. pi. 9. f. 2. — Rivers of South Russia. 



11. virescens. Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. 158 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Buss. 



Merid. iii. p. 417. — Black Sea. 



12. chilo. Pall. I.e. ; Nordm. I. c. p. 418.— Black Sea. 



13. fuliginosus, M'Coy in Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1841, vi. p. 403. — 



Connemara (Ireland). 



/3. Doubtful species apparently allied to G. Jozo. 



14. Gobius quadricapillus. Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. 159; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. 



Russ. Merid. iii. p. 433, Poisa. pi. 13. f. 3. — Sebastopol. 



15. macropterus, Nordm. I. c. p. 434. pi. 13. f. 2. — South coast of the 



Crimea. 



y. Species apparently allied to G. elegans. 



16. Gobius olivaceus, Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 143. pi. 74. f. 3. — Japan. 



17. riehardsonii, Bleek. Sumatra, iii. p. 508. — Rivers of Sumatra. 



18. kuhlii, Bleek. B/enn. en Gob. p. 251. f. 9. — Rivers of Bantam. 



19. tylankahanensis, Bleek. Blcnn. en Gob. p. 251. f. 12. — Rivers of 



Bantam. 



20. poecilosoma, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xiii., Blenn. en Gob. 



p. 31, and Banten, p. 320. — Coast of Java. 



^. Species apparently allied to G. kokius. 



21. Gobius eleotrioides, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii., Bknn. en 



Gob. p. 25. — Batavia. 



€. Doubtful species apparently allied to G. caninus. 



22. Gobius quadriporns, Cuv. <^- Val. xii. p. 87. — Surinam? 



23. . brevifilis, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 90. — Pondicherry. 



24. janthinoptcrus, Bleek. Ceram, ii. p. 702. — Ceram. 25. 



