290 SPOTTED GOBY. Class IV. 



2. Spotted. Apua? Aiken. Lib. vii. p. am pinnarum fuscis. Lin. 



284.? Sy st. 450.} 



Aphia. Belon, 207.? G. minutns. Gm. Lin. 1\QQ. 



Aphya cobites. Rondel. 210. Gobius minutus. G. albicans 



Gesner pise. G*J. Wil. pise. ferrugineo-maculatus, radiis 



207. Raii syn. pise. 76. ? dorsalibus et caudalibus fer- 



Gobius Aphya et Marsio die- rugineo obsolete strictus. 



tus. Arted. Synon. 47- ? Pall. Spec. Zool. viii. 4. 

 Gobius Aphya. G. fasciis eti- 



W E have seen several of this species taken 

 on our sandy shores in the shrimp nets. 

 Ds:scrip- rphg i eri crth of the largest was not three 



TION. ° ° 



inches ; the nose was blunt ; the eyes large and 

 prominent, standing far out of the head ; the 

 irides sapphirine ; the head flat ; the tongue 

 large; teeth in both jaws. The first dorsal fin 

 consisted of six rays ; the second of eleven, and 

 placed at some distance from the other; the 

 ventral fins were united ; the anal consisted of 

 eleven rays ; the tail was even at the end. The 

 body was of a whitish color, obscurely spotted 

 with ferruginous ; the rays of the dorsal fins, 

 and the tail, barred with the same color. 



