BLACK BULLHEAD. 



marked by a deep longitudinal furrow; and on 

 each side the head are two sharp curved spines : 

 the eyes are situated very near each other on the 

 upper part of the head : the pectoral fins are of 

 moderate size and of a rounded form : the colour 

 of this fish is not mentioned. Native of the African 

 seas, and observed by Commerson about the coasts 

 of Madagascar, 



BLACK BULLHEAD. 



Cottus Niger. C. niger, capite utrinque unispinoso, maxilla wz- 



feriore longiorc, corpore squamis duris. 

 Black Bullhead, with a single spine on each side the head, 



lower jaw longer than the upper, and body covered with 



hard scales. 



THIS also is a native of the African seas, and is 

 described by Cepede from Commerson. Size and 

 habit similar to those of the black Goby : general 

 colour black or dark brown, the second dorsal fin 

 as well as the vent fin being speckled and bordered 

 with deep black; and the first dorsal fin clouded 

 with yellow, and marked by two longitudinal 

 blackish bands : head thick, and largest at the 

 hind part, where it is armed on each side by a 

 small spine, and appears as if swelled : mouth very 

 wide : lower jaw longer than the upper, and both 

 armed with a row of small, short, close-set teeth, 

 resembling those on two bony protuberances near 

 its throat : the whole body, as well as the tail itself, 

 covered with very rough scales. 



