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I.i Lancelte, Gobius lanceolalus, Bloch, n. p. 7, pi. 38, fig. 1 and 2. 

 Gobi us lanceolalus, Lin., Syst. Nat., Gmel., p. 1203. 



Lance-tailed (M,y. Shaw's Gen. Zo3L, iv. p. 233, pi. 34. 

 Le Gobie lancetle (Gobius lanceolalus, Bl.), Cov. et Val., xii. p. 111. 



2. Gobius alepidotus, Bosc. 



Entirely destitute of scales. Height one sixth its length. Greenish brown, with seven 

 vertical dusky bands. Fins brown. 



D. 6-14. P. 17. V. 12 or 13. A. 11. C. 19. Length, 24 inches. 

 New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. South Carolina, Cuv. 



Gobius alepidolus, Bosc, Bl., Schneider, p. 547? 



Le Gobie do Bosc, Lacepede, Hist. Pois., n. p. 556, pi. 16, fig. 1. 



Gobius viridi-pallidus, Variegated Goby, Mitohol, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 379, pi. 1, fig. 8. 



Le Gobie de Bosc (Gobius Boscii, Lacep.). Cov. el val., hi. p. 96. 



Gobius alepidotus, Variegated Goby, Dekav's Report, p. 160, pi. 23, fig. 70. 



3. Gobius soporator, Cuv. 



Of a deep bistre-brown color ; grayish brown beneath. Fins brown ; transverse marks 

 upon the caudal. Jaws nearly equal. The horizontal mouth is cleft to beneath the middle 

 of the eye ; the anterior row of teeth project but little beyond the others. The last ray of 

 the second dorsal and anal fins elongated. 



D. 6, 1-9. P. 15, and 5 filaments. V. 1 - 5. A. 1 - 8, the last double. C. 15. Length, 

 4 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Mapo," at Havana. 



Le Gobie endormeur, Gobius soporator, Cov. et Val., xii. p. 56. 



4. Gobius banana, Cuv. 



Brown, with small brown marblings ; the points of the dorsal and caudal brown ; those 

 of the anal and ventral white ; of the pectorals gray. Body elongated. Scales moderate ; 

 those on the neck small. Snout elongated ; upper jaw quite protractile. 



D. 6, 1-10. P. (?). V. (?). A. 1-10. C (.')• Length, 5 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Gobie banane, Gobius banana, Ccv. etVAL., xii. p. 103. 



5. Gobius Martinicus, Cuv. 



Gray, with brown spots upon the dorsal and caudal rays, and brown clouds in the inter- 

 vals between the rays. This species is very similar to the G. banana, perhaps a mere variety. 

 D. 6- 10. P. (.')• V. ( ; ). A. 1, 1 - 10. O. (?). Length, 6 to 7 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Gobie de la Martinique, Gobius Martinicus, Cuv. et Val., hi. p. 105. 



