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SYNOPSIS. 



ing to the second dorsal ; caudal rounded; colour deep 

 olive-brown, with dusky spots and streaks, dorsals varie- 

 gated with whitish. Fin-rays, D. 6, 17 : P. 17 : V. 12 : 

 A. 12 : C. l5.Lirm. y Cm. & Val, xii. p. 9 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish., i. 281. 



Sp. 73. G. Ruthensparri. Double-spotted Goby. Dorsals 

 more widely apart than in 0. niger, the first with seven 

 rays, the rays of all the fins slender and flexible ; colour 

 brown, the under parts pale brown, approaching to white; 

 beneath the commencement of the first dorsal, a conspi- 

 cuous black spot, and another at the base of the caudal 

 fin. Fin-rays, D. 7, 12 : P. 15 : V. 12 : A. 12 : C. 1 1. 

 Cuv. & Vol., xii. p. 36 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 285. G. bi- 

 punctatus, Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 255, (1st. ed.) ; Jenyns 1 

 Brit. Vert., p. 386. 



Sp. 74. G. minutus. Freckled or Spotted Goby. Dorsal fins 

 more remote than in either of the two preceding species, 

 first dorsal with six rays ; tail rounded at the extremity 

 colour pale yellowish white, freckled with ferruginous, taft 

 barred with the latter colour. Fin-rays, D. 6, 12 : P. 20 : 

 V. 12 : A. 13 : C. l2.Cuv. Vol., xii. 29 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish., i. 288. Spotted Goby, Pern. Brit. ZooL, iii. p. 290, 

 pi. 41. 



Sp. 75. G. gradlis. Slender Goby. Form more elongated 

 and slender than that of G. minutus; dorsal fins rather 

 distant, the anterior with six rays ; rays of the caudal 

 rather long. Fin-rays, D. 6, 12 : P. 21 : V. 12 : A. 12 : 



C. 13. Colour as in C. minutus, but the anals and ven- 

 trals dusky or blackish. Jenyns"* Brit. Vert., 290 ; Yarr. 

 Brit. Fish., i. 290 ; Parnell, Mem. Wem. Soc., vii. p. 245. 



Sp. 76. G. unipunctatus. One-spotted Goby. Dorsal fins 

 remote ; anterior rays of the second dorsal fin longer than 

 the succeeding ones ; caudal fin even ; first dorsal with six 

 rays ; a large black spot on the summit of the membrane 

 between the two last rays of the first dorsal fin. Fin-ray s r 



D. 6, 11 : P. 16 : V. 10 : A. 11 : C. 15. Parnell, Mem. 

 Wvm. Soc., vii. p. 243, pi. 29 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 292, 



