248 BLACK-TAILED GOBY. 



whitish beneath : scales large, and slightly ciliated 

 at the edges : head rather broader than the body, 

 and covered by a soft skin, crossed with very fine 

 lines : teeth small : eyes lateral ; between them a 

 blackish, triangular, longitudinal crest, resembling 

 a fin in miniature: behind the vent is a tubular 

 process imbedded in a small channel. 



NILOTIC GOBY. 



Gobius Aphya. G. albidus, nigro-punctatus, fasciis pinnanim< 



fuscis. 

 Whitish Goby speckled with ' black j the fins barred with 



brown. 

 Gobius Aphya. G. fasciis etiam pinnarum fuscis. Lin. Systi 



Nat. p. 4,50. 



A VERY small species, found in the Nile, and in 

 some parts of the Mediterranean sea: length scarce 

 more than an inch : colour whitish varied by a few 

 small black spots : dorsal and anal fin marked by 

 brown bands : eyes very small : the second dorsal 

 fin has seventeen rays. 



BLACK-TAILED GOBY. 



Gobius Melanurus. G. pinna dorsali uniea, cauda nigra* Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1201. Brouss. ichth. dec. 1. 

 Goby with single dorsal fin, and black tail. 



A SMALL species : sufficiently described by its 

 specific character : native country uncertain. " 



