of Gobius froni Norway. 4A1 



both dorsals much higher than the body ; the last rays of the 

 posterior dorsal do not extend to the root of tlie caudal. The 

 pectoral and ventral fins reach equally far backwards to the 

 vent. The ventral fins have the basal membrane apparently 

 not developed. Body uniform greyish, with numberless brown 

 points, darker between tlie anal and posterior dorsal and at the 

 root of the caudal ; the fins dark brownish grey, an indistinct 

 whitish band at the outer half of tlie posterior dorsal. 



A single specimen was brought up in a dredge by Professor 

 Sars, jun., at Espevar, in the mouth of the Hardangerfjord 

 (59° 35'), from a depth of 80-100 fathoms, in July 1873. 

 Total length 32 millims., to the root of the caudal 26, length 

 of the head 1\, depth of the body 4^. 



Gobius scorpioides^ n. sp. 

 D. 6 I 9. A. 8. V. 6. P. 20 (18). C. 6 1 12 | 6. L. lat. 28. 



Body compressed, its depth is contained six times in the 

 total (without caudal) . Head depressed, broader than high ; 

 snout shorter than the eye ; lower jaw projecting beyond the 

 upper. The length of the head is contained thrice and one 

 third in the total. Eyes large, close together, the diameter of 

 the orbits being nearly four tenths of the length of the head. 

 Head and throat scaleless ; the scales of the body large, de- 

 ciduous. Teeth in the outer series enlarged. The dorsal fins 

 higher than the body ; the last rays of the posterior do not 

 extend to the root of the caudal ; the interspace between the 

 dorsals is equal to the length of the eye. The ventral fins 

 have the basal membrane little or not developed. Body with 

 four or five blackish brown cross bands, two extending from 

 the anterior dorsal to the belly, one from the posterior dorsal 

 to the lateral line, the fom-th behind the last mentioned fin, 

 and the fifth (less conspicuous) at the root of the caudal. 

 Belly yellowish ; head with three or four blackish spots or 

 cross bands ; fins blackish, the posterior dorsal with indistinct 

 bands. 



Two specimens were brought up in the dredge by Professor 

 Sars, jun., 1872 and 1873, in the fjords of Hardanger and 

 Stavanger (59° 35'), from a depth of 20-60 fathoms. Length 

 of the first 37 millims., to the root of the caudal 30, length of 

 the head 9, depth of the body 5^ ; length of the second 28. 



Christiania, May 10, 1874. 



