1. GOBIUS. ."Vl 



c. Adult. Brazils. Presented by Lord Stuart. 



d-f. Adult and half-grown. West Indies. From Dr. Parnell's 



Collection. 

 f/. Many veiy young specimens. West Indies. Presented by Col. 



lleid. 

 ?i. Large specimen. Old Collection. 

 i. Adult : skeleton. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schom- 



burgk. 



The slcfhton of this species does not essentially differ from that of 

 other Gobies, the elongate form of the body not being produced by 

 an increase of the number of the vertebra;, but by the single ver- 

 tebra} being prolonged. The length of the abdominal portion of the 

 vertebral column is to that of the caudal as 1 : 1"4, 



h. Caudal fin rounded, not elongate. 

 aa. Canine teeth none. 



98. Gobius marmoratus. 



Nonlin. in Demkl. Voy. Ittiss. Mcrid. iii. p. 4.35, Poiss. pi. 12. fig. 3. 

 D. G I 18-20. A. 18. 



Scales rather small. The height of the body is rather more thaji 

 the length of the head, and one-fifth of the total. Snout of ukmIo- 

 rate extent, some^^^hat convex. Dorsal 'ins lower than the body ; 

 caudal rounded. Olive, with subquadrangular brownish si)ots ; a 

 pair of whitish spots on the base of the caudal fin, and a single one 

 below the eye. All the fins, except the ventrals, with .series of 

 brown dots, those on the second dorsal and on the anal havhig an 

 oblique direction. {Nordni.) 



Sebastopol. 



99. Gobius batrachocephahis. 



Pali. Zonpr. iii. p. 150; Nordm. in Ikniid. Voy. linss. M6rid. iii. p. 400, 

 Poiss. pi. 8. 



D. 6 I ^. A. ^. L. lat. 75. 



Twenty-two series of scales between the second dorsal and the 

 anal fins. The height of .the body is contained five times and two- 

 thirds in the total length, the length of the head four times. Head 

 depressed ; eyes prominent ; snout of moderate extent ; cleft of the 

 mouth oblique, with the lower jaw longest ; teeth of the outer series 

 enlarged. The width of the interorbital space is less than that of 

 the orbit. Eye of moderate size. Dorsal fins close together ; the 

 second is higher than the first, but rather lower than the body : 

 the ventrals do not reach to the vent : caudal rounded. Browni.sji- 

 yellow, with numerous irregular black spots ; fins brown-spotted. 



Black Sea. 



One specimen in the Poppclsdorf Museum (Bonn). 



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