1. GOBIUS. 9 



diameter of the eye, which is one-foiirth of the length of the head. 

 Caudal rounded. Yellowish-brown : the first dorsal black, the others 

 greyish ; caudal with numerous brownish dots. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



There is no doubt that Pallas described this species, which is very 

 frequently brought to Europe, but he was misinformed with regard 

 to the locality whence it came. 



a. Fine specimen. S. Domingo. Purchased of H. Cuming, Esq. 

 h-f. Adult : skins and stuffed. Jamaica. From Dr. Parncll's Col- 

 lection. 

 g-i. Adult. 

 Tc. Adult : skeleton. 



The skeleton does not differ essentially from that of the tj'pical 

 species of the genus (as G. capita). The skull is rather compressed ; 

 the orbital margin is ver^' elevated, with a simple edge ; the bony 

 bridge between the orbits is very narrow, and the low occipital crest 

 aiises from it. There axe eleven abdominal and fifteen caudal ver- 

 tebra;, the length of the former portion of the vertebral column being 

 to that of the caudal as 1 : 1 -3. 



2. No crest on the head. 



a. Caudal fin roimded, not elongate. 

 aa. Canine teeth none. 

 a. Head longer than high. 



aa. The second dorsal with eleven or more rays. 

 * Head longer than broad. 



2. Gobius ratan. 

 Nordm. in Deinid. Voy. Russ. Meiid. iii. p. 416, Poiss. pi. 11. f. 2. 

 D. 6 I 19. A. 15. 



Scales of moderate size. The height of the body is one-fifth of the 

 total length, the length of the head one-fomth. Snout rather con- 

 vex, of moderate extent ; cleft of the mouth wide, obUque. The 

 eyes are close together and of moderate size. Dorsal fins subcon- 

 tinuous, the second higher than the first, nearly as high as the body ; 

 caudal rounded. Brownish-black, irregularly spotted with lighter : 

 dorsal fins yellow-edged ; the second and the caudal blue, finely re- 

 ticulated with blackish ; anal with some darker spots. {Nordm.) ' 



Shores of Odessa. 



3. Gobius syrman. 



Nordm. in Dvmid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 419. pi. 12. f. 1. 



D. 6 I 19. A. 15. 



Scales of moderate size. The height of the body is one-fifth of 



the total length, the length of the head one-fourth. Snout obtuse, 



convex ; cleft of the mouth oblique ; eyes rather small. Dorsal fins 



close together, lower than the body, the posterior being somewhat 



