GOBIUS. 85 



15. GOBIUS PAGANELLUS. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 449 (1766) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 52 (1861) ; 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Mi. i. 1868, p. 413 ; Playf. & Letourn. Ann. & 

 Mag. N. H. (4) viii. 1871, p. 386 ; Day, Fish. Gr. Brit. p. 162, pi. Iii. fig. 2 

 (1881); Moreau, Poiss. France, ii. p. 225 (1881); Holt & Byrne, Rep. 

 Fisher. Ireland, ii. App. iii. 1901, p. 9, pi. i. figs. 1 & 2. 



Goblus bicolor, Cuv. &Val. Hist. Poiss. xii. p. 19 (1837) ; Moreau, t. c.p. 228. 



Gobius maderensis, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 55; Giinth. t. c. p. 413. 



Gobius melanio, Pall. Zoogr. Ross.-As. iii. p. 157 (1840) ; Nordm. in Demid. 

 Voy. Russ. Mer. iii. p. 412, pi. xi. fig. 1 (1840). 



Gobius niger, var., Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 84, and Tr. Zool. Soc. iii. 

 1842, p. 9. 



Body cylindrical or feebly compressed ; depth of body 4| to 5| times 

 in total length, length of head 3£ to 4 times. Head lg- to If times as 

 long as broad, scaly from between the eyes, naked on the cheek ; 

 snout rounded, as long as or shorter or a little longer than eye, which is 

 3 (young) to 4^- times in length of head ; interorbital space very narrow ; 

 mouth terminal, extending to below anterior fourth or centre of eye ; 

 teeth in a villiform band, outer much enlarged. Dorsals VI, I 13-15, 

 contiguous or narrowly separated, longest rays \ or f length of head. 

 Anal 1 11-13, origin a little behind that of second dorsal. Pectoral | 

 to f length of head, upper rays filiform, silk-like, free. Ventral not 

 extending to vent, with a broad basal membrane, each side of which is 

 pointed and produced. Caudal rounded, shorter than head. Caudal 

 peduncle 1-^ to 1-g- times as long as deep. Scales strongly ciliated, 52-C>0 

 in longitudinal series, 16-20 in transverse series between dorsal and 

 anal. Greyish or yellowish brown to dark brown or blackish, with darker 

 spots or marblings ; second dorsal and caudal fins with dark or red 

 spots, which may form bands ; a more or less distinct white or yellow 

 band on the top of the first dorsal. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Atlantic coasts from the British Isles to Madeira and the Canaries ; 

 Mediterranean. Sometimes entering fresh waters. 



1. Ad. Seybouse R. near Guehna, Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



Algeria. 

 2-7. Ad. & hgr. Madeira. A. J. Arendrup, Esq. (P.). 



8-13, 14. Ad., hgr., 



& yg- 



15-22. Ad. Great Salvage Id. Hon. C. Baring and W. P. 



Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. (P.). 



