THE ANNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 No. 27. MARCH 1910. 



XXXII. — Some Notes on the Life-history and Rate of Growth 

 in Gobius minutus. By Edward Siiann, B.Sc, Gatty 

 Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. 



[Plates IX. & X.] 



Introductory. 



A considerable amount of literature bearing on the Gobiida? 

 lias been published in recent years, but there still remain 

 many points, especially in connexion with the life-history and 

 rate of growth of these small fishes, which require elucidation. 

 The bulk of the work hitherto accomplished has left little to 

 be desired with regard to description of species, and even 

 the classification of the group has been reduced to a compara- 

 tively orderly condition ; only the artificial means adopted 

 for " running down " species vary with different authors, and 

 it has been found that the method of Holt and Byrne * is a 

 most practical aid in this respect. The economic value of 



* Irish Fisheries Report, part ii. p. 42 (1901). 

 Ann. & May. X. Hint. ber. 8. Vol. v. 16 



