260 



SCAXDIXAVIAX I'ISHES. 



GOBIUS SCOHPIOIDES. 



Fig. 67. 



Base of the second dorsal fn about equal in Jeugtli to tlie peduncle of the tail or longer: the least deptJi of the latter 

 more than 7 % of the length of the bodg. Eges snperiorly only slightly" separated from each other, their longitudinal 

 diameter being about 30 %'' of the length of the head. Number of scales i)t a row along the sides of the body 

 (d)out ^S'. Forehead and tlirout scaleless. Six rays in the first dorsal fin. Funnel formed by the central fins an- 

 teriorly incomplete. Ground-colour of the body irhitisJi-yelloir'', nitJi large, irregular, bron-nish black, transverse bands. 



Fig. 67. Gol/iiis scorj)ioides, inagii. 1- , diain. Specimen belonging to the Zoological Museum of Cliristiania University. 



1 



A. 



1 



P. 18—20: V. ';-; V. .r+l'2 + ,r: L. hit. 



D. 6 



8 



circ. 28— .30. 



K^ipt. Croliiiis scorpioides. Coll., Ann., Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 



XIII, p. 446: Forli. Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1874, p. 175, tab. 



Ill, iigs. 4—6; ibid., Tilh-egsh., p. 58; WixN'TH. {Lebetns), 



Naturh. Tidskr. Kblivn, ser. 3, vol. XI, p. 40; vol. XII, p. 18; 



Malm, Gb(js, Boh. F»., p. 651; Lillj. (Gobitis), -Sv., JVoi-i/. 



Fisk.. vol. I. p. 620; Hansen, ZooL Dan., Fiske, p. 36, 



tab. VI. fig. 7. 



Goblus orca and Gobius scorpioides have hitherto 

 been examined almost exclusively by Collett. Of the 

 former species he has mentioned 5 more or less well- 

 preserved specimens, from 'IX to 32 mm. long, which 



were taken (iff the south-west coast of Norway, at a 

 depth of from oU to 200 fathoms. Only three speci- 

 mens of the latter species are known. Two. respec- 

 tively 28 and 37 mm. in length, were taken bv G. ( ). 

 Sars at a depth of from 20 to 60 fathoms, outside 

 Stavanger Fjord and Hardanger Fjord. The third, a 

 young specimen 18^/, ram. long, and prol)ably referred 

 to this species chiefly on account of its coloration, was 

 found by Wixtiier at a depth of 6 fathoms, in the 

 south-west of the Cattegat (at the north entrance of 

 the Great Belt). Of their manner of life nothing further 

 is knoM'u. 



" Distinctly, according to Wixther. 



' 97 K 



" • * ?) rl j» 



' About 30 



'' Deep rose-colour ,, „ ,, 



