BLUE-PINNED GOBY. 237 



its length is about three inches : the head flat ; the 

 eyes large, and very prominent ; with blue i rides : 

 the tongue large; and both jaws are furnished with 

 teeth : the first dorsal fin consists of six rays : the 

 second of eleven, and is placed at some distance 

 from the other : the vent fin has eleven rays ; the 

 tail is even at the end : the body is of a whitish 

 colour, obscurely spotted with ferruginous, and the 

 rays of the dorsal fins and tail are barred with the 

 same colour. 



BLUE-FINNED GOBY. 



Gobius Jozo. G. fuscus, wbtus albidus, plnnis subccerukis, radiis 

 dorsalibus eminentibus sctaceis. 



Brown Goby, whitish beneath, with blueish fins, and project- 

 ing setaceous Dorsal rays. 



Gobitss Jozo. G. radiis dorsalibus eminentibus sctaceis. Lin. 

 Si/st. Nat. p. 450. 



Block, t. 107-/. 3. 



THIS species grows to the length of four or six 

 inches, and is principally distinguished by the blue 

 colour of its fins, and the streaks on the first dorsal 

 fin : the jaws are of equal length, and armed with 

 small, sharp teeth : the lateral line runs in a strait 

 direction along the middle of the body. It is a 

 native of the -Mediterranean and the Baltic, and 

 commonly frequents the muddy shores, living on 

 sea-insects, &c. It deposits its spawn on the soft 

 mud ; and though very prolific, is not observed to 



