SCHLOSSERIAN GOBY. 



Gobi as Schlosseri. G. nigricans, subtus a!bidus, capite 



corpore sqnamis magnis, coriaceis, rotundatis. 

 Blackish Goby, whitish beneath, with large head, and body 



covered with large, rounded, coriateous scales. 

 Gobius Schlosseri. G. ex fitsco nigricans, sub fits exalbidus> 



pinnce dorsalis primes radiis spinosis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



p. 1201. fall. sp. zool. 8. 



THIS species is a native of the island of Amboina, 

 inhabiting fresh waters, and generally residing on 

 the soft mud, in which it conceals itself on the 

 approach of danger : it is about a span in length, 

 of a somewhat compressed form, and tapering but 

 very slightly towards the tail : the head is longish, 

 and much broader than the body ; the eyes pro- 

 tuberant, and placed in front of the head : the 

 body is covered with moderately large, coriaceous, 

 rounded scales, and is. of a dusky colour above> and 

 whitish beneath : the pectoral fins are attached, on 

 each side the base, to a kind of fleshy arm or foot- 

 stalk. According to Cepede the Gobius barbarus 

 of Linnaeus is in reality no other than the above 

 species : it is thus distinguished in the Systema 

 Naturae. G. pimiis pectoralibus flabello insist entib us, 

 pinna dorsali priore radiis 1 2, poster lore 13. 



