16 GOBIID^. 



is as broad as high. Snout rounded, rather obtuse. The dorsal fins 

 are remote from each other and lower than the body. None of the 

 pectoral rays silk-like; the ventral terminates at a great distance 

 from the vent. Greyish, sometimes with ill-defined vertical bands ; 

 the second dorsal and the caudal with brown dots on the rays. 

 Fresh waters of North Italy. 



a, h. Fine specimens. Ticino. Presented by Dr. E. Riippell. 



20. Gobins quagga. 



Hechel, Ann. Wien. Mm. 1840, ii. p. 150. tab. 9. f. 5, 6. 

 D. 6 I 9-10. A. 9-10. L. lat. 35-37. 



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

 total length, the length of the head five times; snout somewhat 

 pointed, with the lower jaw longer than the iipper ; the eyes are 

 close together, two-sevenths of the length of the head. Dorsal fins 

 rather remote from each other, lower than the body ; caudal rounded ; 

 the ventral extends on to the vent. Yellowish, with six dark-brown 

 cross-streaks ; the first on the mandibula, the second below the eye, 

 the third on the operculum, the fourth, fifth and sixth on the tail ; 

 a dark-brown spot on the base of the caudal ; vertical fins with 

 waved brownish streaks. (Heck.) 



Palermo. 



21. Gobius panizzs. 



Gobius panizzse, Verga, Atti della terza Riunione degli Sdenziati Ital. 

 Firenze, 1841, p. 379 ; Heck, ^ Kner, S'dsswasserf. p. 49. 



D. 6 I 9. A. 8. L. lat. 35. 



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

 total length, the length of the head four times and a half ; snout 

 somewhat pointed, with the lower jaw longer than the upper ; the 

 width of the interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye, 

 which occupies the second quarter of the length of the head. Dorsal 

 fins rather remote from each other, lower than the body; caudal 

 rounded ; the ventral does not extend on to the vent. Nape of the 

 neck naked ; the scales on the tail considerably larger than those on 

 the anterior part of the body. Brownish-olive (in spirits), with a 

 brown longitudinal band ; chin black ; the first dorsal with a large 

 black spot, the second and the caudal finely brown-dotted. 



Lagunes of Comacchio ; Lago de Garda. 



The characters are taken from two specimens in the Senckenberg 

 Museum, brought by Dr. EiippeU from the Lake of Garda ; they are 

 females, only 15 lines long, but with the ovaria fully developed. 



22. Gobius rhodopterus. 



Gobius reticulatus, Cuv. ^ Val xii. p. 50; M'Coy in Ann. 8f Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 1841, vi. p. 403 (not Eichw.). 

 D. 6 I 10. A. 10. 

 The height of the body is one-sixth of the total length, the length 



