498 TEN YEAKS IN SWEDEN. 



Is never met with on the sandy coasts of South Sweden, 

 but is common in the upper parts of the Baltic as well as in 

 the Cattegat and North Sea. Spawns in May colour deep, 

 olive brown,, variegated ; a row of small black spots along 

 the sides. D. 6 + 1,12; P. 19 ; Y. 1,51,5; A. 1,12. 



48. G. MINUTUS, Gm. Hitaktag Smorbult. The One- 



spotted Goby. D. F. 



Dorsals wide apart; rays 6 + 12 ; the points of the 



anterior ones do not reach half way to the root of the 



tail when laid back ; tail square ; under jaw longest ; a 



black spot on the first dorsal ; length 2 to 4 in ; colour 



whitish grey, tinged with yellow ; back finely spotted. 



Is met with in the Baltic, Cattegat, and North Sea, 



but is always small in the Baltic. The spawning season here 



seems very irregular, for we meet with small individuals on 



these coasts all through the summer. Both these species are 



very rare in Finland. 



49. G. GEACILIS, Jen. Spetsstjertad Smorbult. The 



Slender Goby. 



Dorsals distinct ; rays 6 + 15 ; tail pointed in the 

 middle ; eyes close together ; much resembles the last, 

 but more elongated and slender. One single example 

 of this fish has been taken in the deep Gullmare Fjord, 

 Norway, in January. D. 6,15 ; A. 13 ; C. 25. 

 When living, must be the handsomest of all the gobies, 

 with rows of red spots on a yellowish bottom. 



50. G. RUTHENSPAREI, Euph. Sjustralig Smorbult. The 



Double- spotted Goby. D. 



Closely resembles the black goby, but is the smallest 

 of the genus, scarcely 2 in. long; dorsals wide apart; 

 tail square ; colour light brown ; the two spots on each 

 side, one at the tail root, the other close to the pectorals, 

 will distinguish this from G. minutus ; under jaw the 

 longest. 

 Is met with in great quantities both in the Cattegat and 



