GOBIUS. GOBY, 



Generic Character. 



Caput parvum : Oculi ap- 



proximati. 

 Membrana branch, radiis 



quatuor. 

 Pinna vent-rales unitae in 



cavam. 



Head small : Eyes approxi- 

 mated. 

 Gill-Membrane four-rayed. 



Ventral fins united into the 

 form of a funnel. 



COMMON GOBY. 



Gobius Niger. G. albido nigroque varius, pinna dorsali secunda, 



radiis quatuor decim. 

 Goby with black and whitish variegations, and about fourteen 



rays on the second dorsal fin. 

 Gobius niger. G. pinna dorsali secunda radiis quatuor decim. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 449. 

 Gobius ex albo & fusco varius, pinnae dorsi secundae radiis 



sedecim. Bloch.pl. 38. 

 Black Goby. Pain. Brit. Zool. 3. 



THIS 



species grows to the length of six inches: 

 the body is soft, slippery, and of a slender form : 

 the head rather large: the cheeks inflated : the teeth 

 small, and disposed in two rows : from the head to 

 the first dorsal fin is a small furrow : the first dorsal 

 fin consists of six rays : the second according to 

 Linnaeus, of fourteen, and according to Dr. Bloch, 

 of sixteen : the pectoral of sixteen or seventeen. 



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