(iOBIKSOCID.i'.. 489 



(without caudal fin). The h)wer prjpopercular nunf;in with seven or 

 eight large spinous teeth. Scales extremely small (L. lat. plus quam 

 300). Vertical fins contiguous. Rose-coloured. (Bl.) 

 Sea of Nagasaki. 



6. Cepola marginata. 



Krusenstem's Reise, taf. 60. fig. 1. 

 Cepola marginata, Cuv. ^- Vnl. x. p. 402. 



Eed, minutely dotted with black ; a small oblong black spot on 

 the anterior part of the dorsal fin. 

 Sea of Japan. 



7. Cepola limbata. 



Knisoistern s Reise, taf. GO. fig. 2. 

 Cepola limbata, Cuv. i^ Val. x. p. 402. 



Reddish , with rod spots posteriorly. An ovate black spot on the 

 anterior part of the doi*Bal fki. 

 Sea of Japan. 



Fam. 42. GOBIESOCID./E. 



Discoboli, part., Cuv. Rkgne Anim, ; 3IiHl<'r, Bid. Ahlutndl. 1844, 



p. 158. 

 frobiida?, part., Otven, Led. Comp. Anat. i. p. 40. 

 (lobiesocioidei, part., Bleek. Enum. Spec, p. xxvi. 



Body rather elongate, anteriorly depressed, naked. Teeth conical 

 or compressed. A single dorsal fin on the tail, mthout spinous por- 

 tion ; anal short ;• ventrals widely apart from each other, with one 

 spine hidden in the skin and four (five) rays. A large adhesive 

 apparatus between them, the posterior portion of which is suspended 

 on the coracoid bones, which are partly free, in the axil of the pectoral 

 fins. Three gills or three and a half. Air-bladder absent. Intestinal 

 tract short, wide, without pyloric appendages. Skeleton firm ; ver- 

 tebra ^-^^* 



Carnivorous fishes. Most of the species live in the seas of the 

 temperate regions of both hemispheres ; two are known to inhabit 

 seas between the tropics. 



The stnictui'e of the adhesive apparatus, by which these fishes so 

 greatly differ from the true Discoboli, is described under /Sicyases 

 sanrfuineus. For anatomical details see the single species, and espe- 

 cially Gobicso.v cephahis. 



