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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 



Jeffreys' Goby is a i-are species. Tliree specimens 

 have been taken by Gwyn Jeffreys off the Hebrides 

 at a depth of from 60 to 90 fathoms, one by Wyville 

 Thompson at a depth of ISO fathoms between Shetland 



and the Faroe Islands, four by G. 0. Sars in deep 

 water outside Stavanger Fjord, and one by Lilljeborg 

 at Haugesund. This last specimen has been lent us 

 for examination by tlie Museum of Upsala University. 



THE FRECKLED GOBY (sw. sandstuuben" on sabuiken''). 

 (iOBIUS MINUTUS. 



Plate XIII, fis. 7. 



Second (hirsal fin lehifiri'I// slioii, flic leiK/fJi of its base being ahout '"^ of the distance between the frst dorsal 

 fill and tJie snout. Peduncle of tlic tail long and Ion\ its least dcjitli being less than "/j either of its otm lengtJi 

 or of the distance between, the first ray of tlie first dorsal fin and tliat of the second, and its length from the 

 end of the base of the second dorsal fin to tfie first upper supporti)ig rag of tlie caudal fin equal to, or onlg 

 slighthj less than (at least about 80 % of) tlie base of the second dorsal fin. Longitudinal diameter of tlie eges 

 in full-groirn specimens less, or at most onlg slightly more, than \/\ of the length of the head. Caudal fi.n trun- 

 cate or rounded. The tiro dorsal fins distinctly separated, with at least 2 {sometimes as many as 7) rows of 

 scales between them. Scales comparatively small, about GO in a row along the sides of the body, and from 12 

 to 14 in a transverse row o)i the body at the beginning of the anal fin. Sccdes anteriorly extending, in full-grown 

 specimens, on the dorsal side to the top of tlie head, in front of the gill-openings, and. on tlie abdominal side over 

 the whole of the throat (the front part of the belly). Coloration yellowish, with dark {black or dark brotvn) sjwts, 

 which are most distinct, and- sometimes form transverse bands, at the middle of the sides and the base of the 

 caudal fin, irhicli is also marked with transverse bands. Among the roirs of s2)ots on the dorsal fins the lustrous, 

 azure spot at the end of the first dorsal fin in the male is especially conspicuous. 



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R. hr 

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D. (5) 6(7)j: 



1 



A. 



1 



10 1. 11 ' "' 10 1. 11 

 f+ll( + l) +a;; I., lot. oirc. GO. 



P. 18 — 21 



Aphi/a col/ite.i, Rondel. , Willughbv (p. 207, tab. X, 14, tig. 

 4): Gobius apJiya, Art. p. [i. {Gen., p. 20; Si/n., p. 47); 

 Lin. p. p. Sijiit. Nat., ed. X, torn. I, p. 2(33; GiiON., Zoo- 

 pliyl., fasc. I, p. 81; Pe.n'n. (Spotted Goby), Brit. ZooL, toin. 

 Ill, p. 187, tab. XXXVII, No. 0(5. 



Gobius minutus. Pall, ((ino.s'ov. emend.), Spic. ZooL, fasc. VIII, 

 p. 4; Gmel., Sijst. Xat. Lin., ed. XIII, tniu. I, p. 1109; 

 NiLSS. (p. p.), Prodi'. Iclitli. iScajuL, p. 04; Ekstr., Vet.- 

 Akad. Handl. 18.34, p. 04; Cuv., \'.\l., Jlist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. XII, p. ?,%; Fb., Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1838, p. 242; Kr., 

 Damn. Fistic, vol. I, p. 407; Sunukv., Stockh. Lans Husli. 

 Sallsk. Handl., H. (1855), p. 80; Nilss., SIcand. Fn., 

 Fislc, p. 222; (jTHr, Cat. Brit. Mus., Fisfi., vol. Ill, p. 68; 

 Mgrn, Finl. Fish, (disp.), p. 17; Lindstr., Gotl. Fisk., Gotl. 

 L. Hush. Sallsk. Arsber. 180G, p. 15 (sep.); Steind., Stzber. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, Bd. LVII, Abth. I (18G8), p. 400; Wtiir, 

 Naturli. Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 3, vol. IX, p. 108; vol. XI, 

 p. 54; vol. XII, p. 17; Coll., Forb. Vid. Selsk. Christ., 

 1874. 11. l.-,8; ibid., Tillu-gsh., p. 53; N. Mag. Naturv. 

 Christ., Bd. 20 (1884), p. 60; Seidl., Faiuta Bait., Arch. 



Xatiiib. Liv-, Est-, iind Kiirl., ser. 2, vol. VIIl, p. 121; 



Malm, Gbgs, Boh. Fn., p. 433, tab. V. fig. 4; Hcke, Arch. 



f. Naturg., Jahrg. 4G, Bd. I (1880), p. 313; Dav, Fish. 



G:t Brit., Irel., vol. I, p. 165, tab. LII, fig. 4; Mela, Vert. 



Fenii., p. 284, tab. IX; MOn., HcKE, Fiscli. Osts., p. 54; 



Hansen, ZooL Dan., Fiske, p. 34, tab. V, fig. 8; Lill.t., 



So., Norg. Fisk., vol. I, p. 580. 

 Gobin.s mimita.f ( = 9) + Gob. unipunctatiis + Gob. gracilis (^c/'), 



Parn., Fish. Firth of Forth, Mein. VVern. Sec, vol. VII 



(1838), pp. 242 — 245, tab. XXIX. 

 Gobius Ekstromii, Gthr, 1. c., p. 57. 



Next to the Black Goby tlie Freckled Goby is the 

 largest of the Scandinavian species of this genus. In 

 Bohuslan its ordinary length varies Ijetween 50 and 

 100 mm. In the Baltic it attains a length of at least 

 75 mm. As Fries has already i^emarked, the typical 

 form of this tish is expressed in tlie comparatively great 

 length of the ])eduncle of the tail and the distance be- 

 tween tlie two dorsal fins, which varies in length, Init 

 is always distinct. It is furthei- marked by the terete 



" Malm, 1. c. 



' SUNDEVALL, 1. C. 



■^ Sometimes, though seldom, _ or -, according to Steindachner. Fk.S'I'rom's -— is probably due to a mistake (V). 



8 12 13 



'' Sometimes, though seldom, , according to Steindachner. 



