252 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



IX. THE FAMILY OF GOBIES. 

 GOBIOID^E. 



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



Gen. 39. BLENNIUS. Sp. 64. B. Montayui. Montague's Blenny. 



65. B. Ocellaris. Ocellated Ditto. 



66. B. Gattorugine. Gattoruginous Do. 



67. B. Yarrellii.. YarrelPs Do. 



40. PHOLIS. . GS.P.l&vis. . . TheShanorShanny. 



41. GUNNELLUS. 69.G.guttata. . Spotted Gunnel. 



42. ZOARCUS. . 70. Z. viviparus. . Viviparous Blenny. 



43. ANARRHICAS. 71. A. lupus. . . The Wolf-fish. 



44. GOBIUS. . . 72. G. niger. . . The Black Goby. 



73. G.Ruthensparri. Double-spotted Do, 



74. G. minutus. . Spotted Do. 



75. G. gracilis. . Slender Do. 



76. G. unipunctatus. One-spotted Ditto. 



77. G.albus. . . White Ditto. 



45. CALLIONYMUS. 78. C. lyra. . . Gemmeous Drago- 



net. 

 79. C. dracunculus. Sordid Do. 



Under the family of Gobioidse, 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 



