2 IS 



BLACK GOBY. 



Crobias Ater. G. attr, squamis partis carinatu, gcnis promi~ 



nentibus, 

 Deep-Black Goby, with small carinated scales, and prominent 



cheeks. 

 Le Gobie noir. Cepcde. 2. p. 568. 



DESCRIBED by Cepede from Commerson : length 

 two or three inches : colour deep black with a 

 blueish or greenish cast : scales very small, cari- 

 nated : head swelling out on each side : upper lip 

 longer than the lower : teeth small : tongue short 

 and fixed : eyes much approximated : on each side 

 the branchial aperture is a tubercle, and at the 

 vent a small process. Native of the Indian seas ; 

 often entering the mouths of small rivers, parti- 

 cularly where there is a muddy bottom : consider- 

 ably esteemed as a food, and used by convalescents* 



BLACK-FINNED GOBY. 



Gobius Bicolor. G.fuscvs, pi?wis omnibus mgris. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. GmeL p. 1 197. Brunn. pise. mass. p. 30. 

 Brown Goby, with all the fins black. 



NATIVE of the Mediterranean: habit of G. Paga- 

 nellus: length three inches; rays of the fins project 

 in a small degree beyond the connecting mem- 

 brane. 



