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BROUSSONET V GOBY. 



Gobius Broussonetii. G. corpore elongate, compresso, pinna 



dorsnli wrica, cauda lanceoluta. 

 Goby with elongated and compressed body, single dorsal fin, 



and lanceolate tail. 

 Le Gobioide Broussonet. Cepede 2. p. 580. pi. 17- / 1. 



DESCRIBED by Cepede from a specimen in the 

 Stadtholder's Museum. Body very long, much com- 

 pressed, and covered with a skin so transparent as 

 to admit a view of the disposition of the muscles : 

 jaws furnished with very small teeth: ventral fins 

 rather long, and by their union forming a deep 

 funnel : dorsal fin single : pectoral fins small and 

 rounded : dorsal and anal pretty wide, and reaching 

 as far as the tail, which is of a lanceolate shape : 

 rays of the dorsal and anal fins project beyond the 

 membrane. Native v of the African seas. 



SPOTTED GOBY. 



Gobius Minutus. G. albidus, ferrugineo maculatus t octtfa 



cceruleis. 



Whitish Goby with ferruginous spots and blue eyes. 

 Gobius minutus. G. albicans, ferrugineo maculatus, radiis dor- 



salibus fy caudalibus ferrugineo obsolete striatis. Lin. Si/st. 



Nat. Gmel. p. liqp. Pall. spic. zoo/. 8. p. 4. 



THIS species is a native of the European seas, 

 and, according to Mr. Pennant, frequents the sandy 

 shores of our own island during the summer months : 



