r.ouiu.s. r,.5 



i:.. GOJ5IU8 PAGANELLUS. 



Linn. Syst. N:it. i. p. 44'J (ITGC); (iiintli. Cat. 1m>1i. iii. p. 'r2 (18(11); 

 Steind. Sitzl). Ak. Wien, Ivii. i. ]8(;8, p. 413; Playf. & Letourn Ann. & 

 Mag. N. II. (4) viii. 1871, p. SSG ; Day, Fish. Gr. Brit p. 1G2, \A. Iii. fig. 1' 

 (1881); Jloreau, Poiss. France, ii. p. 225 (1881); Holt & Byrne, Hep. 

 Fisher. Irehind, ii. App. iii. 1001, p. 9, pi. i. figs. 1 & 2. 



Goliius bicolor, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 19 (1837) ; Moreau, t. c.p. 228. 



GoUus maderensis, Cuv. & Val. t. c. ]i. 5.5; Giinth. t. e. p. 413. 



Gohiits melatiio. Pall. Zooj;r. l{oss.-As. iii. p. 157 (1840) ; Xordm. in Deniid. 

 Voy. Hiiss. Mer. iii. p. 412, pi. .^i. fig. 1 (1840). 



Gobius nifjer, var., Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 84, antl Tr. Zool. Soc. iii. 

 1842, p. 9. 



Body cylindrical or feebly compressed ; depth of body 4f to of times 

 in total length, length of head S^ to 4 times. Head 1 \ to 1 1 times as 

 long as broad, scaly from between the eyes, naked on the cheek ; 

 snont rounded, as long as or shorter or a little longer than eye, which is 

 3 (young) to 4^ times in length of head ; interorbital space very narrow ; 

 mouth terminal, extending to below anterior fourth or centre of eye ; 

 teeth in a villiform band, outer much enlarged. Dorsals VI, I lo-I5 

 contiguous or narrowly separated, longest rays \ or f length of head. 

 Anal 1 J l-lo, origin a little behind that of second dorsal. Pectoral ^- 

 to I length of head, upper rays filiform, silk-like, free. Ventral not 

 extending to vent, with a broad basal membrane, each side of which is 

 pointed and jiroduced. Caudal rounded, shorter than head. Caudal 

 peduncle 1^ to 1^ times as long as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, o2-(i0 

 in longitudinal scries, lG-20 in transverse series between dorsal and 

 anal. Greyisli or yellowish brown to dark brown or blackish, with darker 

 spots or marblings ; second dorsal and caudal fins witli dark or red 

 spots, which may form bands ; a more or less distinct wliite or yellow 

 band on the top of the first dorsal. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Atlantic coasts from the British Isles to Madeira and the Canaries • 

 Mediterranean. Sometimes entering fresh waters. 



1. Ad. Seybouse U. near Gueinui, iSir L. i'liivfair (P.). 



Algeria. 

 2-7. Ad. i<l hgr. Madeira. A. J. Arendrnp, Es.|. (1>.) 



8-13, 14. Ad., hgr.. 



& yg. 



15722. Ad. (Jreat Salvage Id. Hon. ( '. HMiing and \\ . \{. 



Ugilvie-CJrant, E>fj. (P.). 



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