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ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



IX. THE FAMILY OF GOBIES. 

 GOBIOID^. 



Representatives in British Fauna. — Gen. 7- Sp. 16. 



Gen. 39. Blennius. Sp. 64.7?. Montagui. 



65. B. Ocellaris. 



66. B. Gattorugine. 



67. B. YarrelliL 



40. Pholis. . 68. P.faevis. . . 



41. Gunnellus. 69. G. guttata. . 



42. Zoarcus. . 70. Z. viviparus. . 



43. Anarrhicas. 71. A. lupus. . . 



44. Gobius. . . 72. G. niger. . . 



73. G.Ruthensparri 



74. G. minutus. . 



75. G. gracilis. . 



76. G.unipunctatus. 



77. G.albus. . . 



45. Callionymus. 78. C. lyra. . . 



79. C. dracunculus. 



Montague's Blenny. 

 Ocellated Ditto. 

 Gattoruginous Do. 

 Yarrell's Do. 

 The Shan or Shamiy. 

 Spotted Gunnel. 

 Viviparous Blenny. 

 The Wolf-fish. 

 The Black Goby. 

 Double-spotted Do. 

 Spotted Do. 

 Slender Do. 

 One-spotted Ditto. 

 White Ditto. 

 Gemmeous Drago- 



net. 

 Sordid Do. 



Under the family of Gobioidze, Baron Cuvier has 

 united those osseous fishes which possess the least 

 claim to a place in the great series of the Acanthop- 

 terygii. Nearly the whole of them have their dorsal 

 fins slender and flexible, and in one genus in parti- 

 cular {Zoarcus) they are so very soft, that many 

 Ichthyologists question, though without sufficient 

 ground, the propriety of their admission. The seve- 

 ral members of the family strikingly resemble each 



