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743 



THE GUDGEON (.mv. sandkhvi'ahkn 

 GOlllO FI.UNIATIIJS. 



I'liite XXXI, titr. 3. 



■:l,ATTINr.KN). 



Least drpfli of the tail about ' ^ (.-!(> — 3') %") of flic loii/tli of flic head. Dorsal ami anal fins (sometimes the 



other fill-'' also) irith sjioffed rai/s. I'haripif/eal teeth set in tiro roirs, the larf/esf ones irith comjiressed, simple, 



ohlii/iielii set iiKisticdtiini sarfiiee: the tip hamate: :J{-'>),5 — /'>{4),3{i})''. 



6 



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Fig. \^*'i. I'liaryngeiil bones ami pharyngeal cartilage nf dohhi /iiviatilit:. Magn. .'! diani. a. h, and 



in tlie preceding figure. 



H. In: ;!; /' 



2—3 



7—8' 



C. .r + 1 + 17 + 1 +.<•; Lin. bit. 4r— 45: Lin. ti: \\ Vert. ZT 



-41. 



Syn. Goliiu, Auso.N., Jtfosell., vers. 132; Gobio fluviatilis, Kondei,., 

 De Pise, part. II, p. 206. Fundulus, Chari,., Onomast. 

 Zoic, p. 157; Schonev., Ichthyol. Slesv. IIols., p. 35. 

 Ui/priniis quincuncialis inaculosus, maxilla superiore longiore, 

 oirrliis duobus ad os, Art., Ichthyol., Gen., p. 4; Syn., p. 1 1 ; 

 6'jiec., p. 13. Giuhjeon, Penn., Brit. Zoot. (ed. 1770) toni. 

 III. p. 3 It). 



Cyprinus Gobio, Lin., Syst. Xnt., ed. X, torn. I, p. 320; Bl., 

 Fisck. Deutschl., part. I, p. 57, tab. VIII, fig. 2; Retz., Fn. 

 Suec. Lin., p. 355; Pall., Zoogr. Ross. Asiat., toni. Ill, p. 

 295: Agass., his, vol. XXI (1828), p. 1049, tab. XII, Hg. 

 2: NiLSS., Prodr. Ichthyol. Scand., p. 33; Schagerstr., 

 Pliysiogr. Sallsk. Tidskr. 1837, p. 295; Gthr (Leuciscns), 

 Jahresli. Ver. Vat. Naturk. Wurttemb., IX (1853), p. 268. 



Gobio rliiviatilis, Flmng, Brit. Anim., p. 186: Cuv., Val., Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vol. XVI, p. 300, tab. 481 (+ Gob. nblii.'ii- 

 rostris, p. 311); Bonap. ( + Gob. venatus) Iconoyr. Fn:: Ftal., 

 Peso., tab. 110, figg. 5 et 6; Kr., Danm. Fisk., vol. Ill, 

 p. 334; NiLSs., Skand. Fn., Fisk., p. 300; Dybowski, Cy- 

 prinoid. Livl., p. 72; SiKB. , Siisstvasserf. Mitteleur., yt. 112; 

 Mr.i;N, Fiid. Fisk/n., p. 40; Canestr., Arcli. Zool., Anat., 

 Fisiol.. vol. IV. fasc. 1 (1866), p. 80: Gthr, Cat. Brit. 

 Miis., Fish., vol. VII, p. 172; Buckl., Nat. Hist. Brit. Fish., 

 p. 100; BxcKE, Fisch., Fischer., Fischz. 0.. 11'. Preii.--s., 

 p. 115; MOR., Hist. Nat. Poiss. Fr.. torn. Ill, p. 386; 

 Fatio, Fn. Vert. Suisse, vol. IV, p. 280: Mela, Vert. Fenn., 

 p. 320, tab. X; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit., Irel., vol. II. ,.. 172: 

 tab. CXXXI, fig. 2; Mob., Hcke, Fisch. Osts., p. I(i7; IIeu- 

 zenst.. Warp., Not. Fisrhf. Ainurb., p. 28: Lili-.l, ^Vc, 

 Norg. Fn., Fisk., vol. III. p. 161. 



Gobio vulgaris, HcKL., Kn., Sitssicasserf. Oestr. Mon. p. 90. 

 Gobio Benacensis, Pollini; Gobio Ititescens, De Fil.: Gobio 

 I-'ollinii, Dk Betta; vide Fatio, 1. c, p. 294. 



Tlie (Tudgeon, according to Blocii, ;tttaiii.s a leiigtli 

 of S in. (21 cin.), atid Pennant was told of a specimen 

 that weighed half-a-pound; but in Scandina^■ia it alwavs 

 belongs to the small fishes, being at most about 15 cin. 

 long. The body is elongated and fairly thici<, with 

 broad, convex back, flat belly, and more or less per- 

 pendicular sides. The greatest depth of the body, which 

 occurs just in front of the beginning of the dorsal fin, 

 measures about 16 — ^18' ., % of its length, and the 

 greatest tliickness, across the opercula, is about % of 

 the greatest depth. The least depth of the tail is about 

 8 (sometimes 8' /j) or 7 % of the length of the bod)-. 

 Tlu- dorsal profile thus forms a very elongated curve, 

 wiiicii generally shows quito a distinct depression at 

 tlie occiput. The ventral profile is straighter in front 

 and ascends, strictly speaking, only beliind, at the be- 

 ginning of the anal fin. 



Tlie form of tlic head, bhintly ]>ointed in front, 

 otherwise ]«isscs evenlv into that of tiic trunk, but is 

 diversified in tiie nasal region, just in front of the eyes, 

 1)V a swelling, which, according to Lilljeuurg, is larger 

 in the males than in the females — a statement of which 

 we have failed to find corroboration in our specimens 



" Sometimes 39, according to Kroyer. 



'■ „ 4, 6 — 5, 3, according to Fatio. 



' ., 36, according to Moreau. 



Fishes. 



