514 GOBiESocin^. 



situated immediately before the anal, at a great distance- from the 

 ventral disk. The skin is tough, and laid in vertical folds on the side 

 of the body. Colour uniform red. 



This species attains to a length of four inches. 



3. Lepadogaster wildenovii. 



Lepadogaster wildenovii, Risso, Ichthyol. Nice, p. 75. pi. 14. fig. 10, 

 and Eur. Mind. iii. p. 276 ; Cuv. R'egne Anim. 



D. 18. A. 14. 



Vertical fins united. Nostril without tentacle. Snout short, broad, 

 and rounded. 

 Coast of Nice. 



Risso gives the following description : — 



Body rounded anteriorly, depressed towards the tail, greenish, 

 minutely dotted with red and spotted with blue. Muzzle short, 

 rounded, as broad as the head ; mouth wide, with the jaws equal 

 and armed with a single series of small widely-set teeth (?). Dorsal 

 fin low, anal slightly elevated, pectorals large. The female is violet 

 at the season of propagation. 



4. Lepadogaster bimaculatus. 



Cvclopterus bimaculatus, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 397. pi. 22. fig. 1 ; 

 'edit. 1812, iii. p. 181. pi. 25 ; Donov. Brit. Fishes, iv. pi. 78 ; WaW. 



Artedi, iii. p. 490; Bl. Schn. p. 199; Turt. Brit. Fauna, p. 115; 



Mont. Linn. Trafis. vii. p. 293 ; Lacep. ii. p. 67. 

 Gobiesox bimaculatus, Cuv. Beyne Anim. 

 Lepadogaster bimaculatus, Flem. Brit. An.jp. 190 ; Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 



2nd edit. ii. p. 363, 3rd edit. ii. p. 339 ; JJiiben en Koren, Vet. Akad. 

 - Handl. 1844, p. 109. tab. 3. fig. 7 ; Barnev. Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 282 ; 



Niks. Skatid. Faun. Fisk. p. 24 1. 



ocellatus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 74. 



reticulatus, Risso, Ichth. Nice,^ p. 77, and Eur. Mend. iii. p. 277. 



mirbeli, Risso, Journ. Rhys. xci. p. 249, and F^r. M4rid. iii. p. 277. 



desfontainii, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 275. fig. 39 (bad). 



lineatus, Guichen. Explor. Sc. Alger. Poiss. p. 110. pi. 6. fig. 3. 



maciilatus, Guichen. I. c. fig. 4. 



punctatus, Guichen. I. c. fig. 5. 



D. 5-7. A. 4-6. 



The dorsal and anal fins terminate at some distance from the caudal. 

 Anterior nostril with a minute tentacle. Head broad, depressed, 

 with the snout broader than long. 



Mediterranean. British coasts, northwards to the coasts of Scan- 

 dinavia. 



a. Many fine specimens. Falmouth. Presented by W. C. Cocks, Esq. 

 h-c. Adult. Polperro. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 

 d. Adult. South Europe. Presented by 11. B. Webb, Esq. 

 e-f, g-h. Adult. 



This species is easily distinguished by the short dorsal and anal 



