GOBIUS Suerii. 

 Suerian Goby, 



Generic Character. 



Caput parvum. Oculi approximati. Pinna dorsales dutz, radiis flexilihus : ven- 

 trales conjunct^, infundibulifornws. Branchiarum apertura contracta, 

 memhruna 4-radiatd. 



Typus Genericus Gobius niger. Pennant. 



Head small. Eyes approximating. Dorsal fins two, the rays flexible. 

 Ventral fins united into the fiarm of a funnel. Gill aperture contracted, 

 the membrane four-rayed. 



Generic Type Gobius niger. Pennant. 



Specieic Character. 



G. olivaceus, Cauda atro-purpurea. Capite, ope7'culis, pinna dorsali ei caudali 

 longitudinaliter Jiavo-lincatis. 



Olivaceous Goby. Tail obscure purple. Head, gills, dorsal and caudal 



fins with yellow longitudinal lines. 

 Gobius Suerii. Risso Icth. p. 387. pi. 11. fg. 43. 



1 HIS beautiful little fish never exceeds the size here repre- 

 sented. It is not uncommon on the coast of Sicily in the spring 

 months : it has likewise been discovered on the shores of Nice 

 by Risso, who is its first describer : his figure, however, is so re- 

 markably bad, that it would be impossible to recognise it but 

 for his description : in fact, the fish is so delicate, that unless the 

 fins are very carefully expanded in water their form and colour- 

 ing will never be seen correctly. It has been named after 

 M. C. A. Le Sueur (who accompanied Peron in the Frencii 

 circumnavigation), an able zoologist and most inimitable dralts- 

 man and engraver. 



General colour pale olivaceous yellow, AviUi a few obscure 

 large spots along the body somewhat brighter. The head has 

 four yellow obru^ue bands, between which, and behind the eye, 

 in. 1','. 



