GOB 



.-MEl.AXTmus. Dorfal fin fingle ; tail black. Gincl. Lc 

 ^ol'td'uk queue noire, BroufT. Black laded goby. 



Dcfcribi-d by Gmelin on tbe authority of Broudonct's 

 Ichth. dec. I . ; it is mcntiom-d as a fniall fpecic;:, tli<- livibltat 

 of which is unknown. Bofc believes it was brought fioui the 

 Soutli fea. 



Amguillaris. Dorfal fin fingle ; tail red. Gmel. 



The general figure of this fpecies is fomewhat anguiUi- 

 form, or (liaped like an eel, and like that fiOi the body is fat 

 and flippery ; the teeth are finall, and projcA out of the 

 mouth ; tiie dorfal and anal fui are large, and extend to tlie 

 tail, with the fin of which they are united ; the colour of the 

 bodv is pale brown, of the fins red ; the firft dorfal fin includes 

 fifty-two rays; th'' pedoral, twelve ; ventral, ten ; anal, forty- 

 ihree ; and tail twelve. The fifh is a native of the coaft of 

 China and other parts of India. 



S.MYRNEXSis. Edge of the jaws formed of a bony plate, 

 and deftituteof teeth. I.accpede. 



Defcribed on the autli >ilty of the new memoirs of the 

 Tranfaftions of the Academy of Pcterflnirg. It is a native 

 of the Mediterranean ; the Hcin very vifcous, and the dorfal fin 

 furniflicd with forty-three rays. 



Enoi"ssoNF.TTi. Body very long and coniprefled ; tail 

 elongated. Laccnede. 



Suppofed to be a native of the Indian feas. The example 

 defcribed by Lacepode appertained to the lladtholder's mu- 

 feum. The dorfal fin contains thirty-three rays, and extends 

 nearly to the tail, as does likewife the anal fin ; the body 

 nearly tranfparent, and the jaws furnifhed with fmall teeth. 



Genus Gohhmorus. 



Head fmall ; eyes approximated ; gill-covers clofed nearly 

 throughout their contour ; dorfal fins two. 



* Seftioii. PeBoralJins connet^cd clofe to the body. 



SxKiGATiis. Ventral fin divided ; firft caudal fin fix-ray- 

 ed. BroufTonct. 



Native of the Pacific ocean, near Otaheitee. The head 

 is comprefled, yellow, ftreaked and fpotted, and greenidi 

 yellow above; body comprelTed, lanceolate and covered with 

 imbricated, fnbquadrated, and (lightly crenated fcales ; co- 

 lour pale blueilh-grecn ; beneath whitifh, with brownifli 

 rtreaks behind the pedtoral fins ; beneath the lateral, on the 

 hind part, varied with obfolete rcddifli fpots ; firft dorfal fin 

 green, with red rays and four fillets of the latter colour ; the 

 lecond dorfal fin with nine red fillets ; peitoral fin pale green- 

 ifii, the marginal rays fhortcr and fimple ; ventral whitilh ; 

 anal long, greenilh-red ; tail round-oval, yellowidi-green, 

 the rays red and fimple, with a broad oblique, (lightly curv- 

 ed reddifh fillet each fide. 



DoRMlTOR. Upper jaw longeft ; tail rounded. Lacc- 

 pede. 



Defcribed from the drawing of Plumier, who faw it in the 

 frefh waters and rivers in the marfties of South America. 

 The fecond dorfal fin contains eleven rays, and each of the 

 pcftoral fins eight. 



GroNovii. Ventral fins divided; firft dorfal fin ten- 

 rayed ; tail forked. Gmel. Cejleus argenteus, &c. Klein. 

 MagU AuKncanus, Ray. Harder, Marcgr. 



Inhabits the feas of South America. The body is 

 filvcry above, black, and fpotted on the fides with black ; 

 fcales fmall and imbricated. The head of tliis fpccies is 

 naked ; eyes hirge and lateral ; mouth narrow ; teeth equal, 

 in the ja-.vs and palate ; tongue ro\inded, thin, fmooth ; gill- 

 covers fmooth and roundiih; back a little convex. ; lateral 

 line curved and paralkl to the back ; vent in the middle of 

 tfcc bbdv. 



G O C 



** Seiftiou. Peroral fins alt ached- or f laced on a fltfli 

 prnctfs or elongallon. 



KoKLREUTEKl. Ventral fins divided; Ih-ft dorfal fin witii 

 eleven rays. Pallas. 



Length about nine inches, the body foft, fat, and whitifh- 

 grey ; lieud long, thick, and convex in front : eyes on the 

 top of the h':ad; lipn doubled and flefliy ; teeth unequal, 

 conic, the anterior ones larger, and one larger on each fide 

 above ; aperture of the p;ills lunated ; lateral line imprcfied ; 

 vent about the middle of the body with a peduncle behind ;, 

 fins foft ; the firil on the back large and brown, with a 

 black terminal band, the rays fpinous ; the fecond narrower, 

 yellowidi, with a longitudinal deep brown band, and branched 

 rays ; pcftoral fan-faaped or oval, and placed on a broad 

 pedicle ; tail oval and lanceoliUe, wit!\ ramofe rays. 



Genus Golioir.oroides. 



Head fmall, with the eyes approximated ; gill-covers 

 clofed nearly throughout their contour ; dorfal fin one. 



Piso.vi.s. Ventral fins divided; lower jaw longer. Gmel.. 

 Amore p'lxuma, Pifo. 



A fmall fpccies found in South America. The head is' 

 depreffed and covered with fcales in fize equal to thofe on 

 the back ; the mouth furnifhed with feveral rows of teeth ; 

 and the tail rounded. 



GoBius Afper, a name given by Gefner and others 

 to a fpecies of perch called by many afper pifctculus, a 

 name confounding it with many other diflerent fifties, and 

 by LiimEus perca afper. It is diftinguiftied among the 

 perch tribe by Artedi under the name of the pearcli with 

 eight or nine black lines on each fide. See Pkkcv. 



Gobi us Fhrciatlis, or Gudgeon. See Cyprixus Golio. 



Goiiiu.s Mannus, or Goget. See GoBlUs Niger. 



GOBLET, or Godelet, a kind of drinking cup, or 

 bowl ; ordinarily of a round figure, and without either foot 

 or handle. 



The word is Vrcx\c\\, gobelet ; which Salmafius, and others, 

 derive from the barbarous Latin cupa. Bud.ci:s deduces it 

 from the Greek xvT£?J.(i;, a fort of cup. 



Goblets, made of the wood tamarifiv, are ranked among, 

 medicinal drugs ; bccanfe the liquors infufed a while therein, 

 are fuppofed to acquire a quality which renders them good, 

 indifeafes of the fplecn. 



GOBONE', or Gor.oNY, in Heraldry, the fame as com- 

 poni, 



GOBYGANGE, in Geography, a town of Bengal; eight: 

 miles S. E. of Goragot. 



GOCEY, a town of HindooRan, in Allahabad ; 30 miles 

 N. of Gazypour. 



GOCH, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Roer, and chief place of a canton, in the diilrift of Clcves, 

 fituated on the Niers, furrounded with walls in 1 291, and' 

 containing three churches; fix miles S. of Clevet. The 

 place contains 2412, and t)ie canton 12,'; 28 inhabitants, 

 in 19 communes. 



GOCHLENIUS, Ronoi.rlHT.S in Biography, a phyfi- 

 cian, was born at Wittemberg in 1572. His fattier was 

 profeftin- of logic at Marpnrg, where the fubjeft of this 

 article ftudied medicine, and obtained the degree of doftor 

 in May,' 1601 ; and was himfclf elected profeffor of philo-' 

 fophy in 160S, and alfo profeifor of mathematics in t6l2. 

 He died on the 2d of March 1621, at the age of .^9. Al- 

 though his life was not long, by extreme induftry he had 

 written a confiderable number of treatifcs, in wliich he 

 evinced much of the fjiirit of Paracelfu'^T of whom he wns a 

 zealous follower. It i". unneceflary to enumerate the long 

 lift of titles to his workr, which relate to philol'opliy, mag-' 



iictifm. 



