ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. 553 



that two species have been confounded under the name platyrostris, 

 and that the fish figured by Nordmann is specifically different from 

 that of Pallas : — 



102. Gobius platyrostris. 



Pall. Zoor/r. iii. p. 154 ; Rathke, Fauna der Krym, p. 325 ; ? Nordm. 

 in Demid. Voy. Riiss. Merid. iii. p. 410 ; Kessler, Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Mosc. 1859, 2. p. 235. 



^•^\^r ^•ri^4- L.lat. 72-74. 

 Head large, depressed, one-fourth of the total length ; lower jaw 

 rather longer than the upper ; lips fleshy, very broad, the upper lip 

 especially dilated ; tjie length of the ventral fin is rather less than 

 one-seventh of the total. Crown of the head scaly. Brownish- 

 grey, spotted with darker ; fins (except ventral) dark grey, lighter 

 at the base, with blackish streaks. 



102 a. Gobius kessleri. 



Gobius platyrostris, Nordm. l. c. pi. 24. fig. 1 ; Kessler, zur Ichthyol. 



siidl. Itussl. p. 11 ; (not Pall.). 

 platycepnalus, Kessler, Nachtrdge zur Ichthyol. siidwestl. Mussl. 



p. 10, and Bidl. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1869, 2. p, 234 ; (not Richards, or 



Patcvs I 



D-6|t6^. A.^,. L.lat. 05-75. 



Head large, depressed, its length being contained twice and three- 

 fourths in the total length ; lower jaw prominent ; crown of the head 

 and upper portion of the operculum scaly ; the length of the ventral 

 fin is contained five times and a half in the total. Brownish-grey, 

 with dark-brown spots ; fins (except ventrals) with dark bands. 



Dnjester, Dnjeper, and Bug. 



102 h. Gobius trautvetteri. 

 Kessler, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, 2. p. 244. 



D. G 1 17-19. A. 13-15. L. lat. 03-68. 

 Body tapering posteriorly ; head scarcely broader than high, its 

 length being one-fourth of the total. Cleft of the mouth extending 

 to below the anterior margin of the eye ; lower jaw projecting beyond 

 the upper ; lips rather narrow ; nape of the neck and the upper por- 

 tion of the operculum scaly. The second dorsal is highest behind the 

 middle ; length of the caudal one-fifth of the total. Nine or ten longi- 

 tudinal series of scales on the hind part of the taU, Brownish, with 

 whitish dots and a lateral series of five or six brown spots. (Kessl.) 

 Bug. Odessa. 



Page 52. Gobius paganellus. 

 Add to the synonymy : — 



Gobius melanio. Pall. Zooyr. iii. p. 157 ; Rathhe, Fauna der Krym, 

 p. 327 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 412, Poiss. pi. 11. 

 fig. 1 ; Kessler, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1859, 2. p. 250. 



