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SPOTTED GOBY. 



Class IV. 



2. Spotted. Aipvctl Aihen. Lib. vii. p. 



284.? 

 Aphia. Belon, 207- ? 

 Aphya cobites. Rondel. 210. 



Gesner pise. 67- Wil. pise. 



207. Rail syn. pise. 76. ? 

 Gobius Aphya et Marsio dic- 



tus. Arted. Synon. 47- ? 

 Gobius Aphya. G. fasciis eti- 



Dkscrip- 

 tion. 



am pinnarum fuscis. Lin. 

 Syst. 450. ? 



G. minutus. Gm. Lin. 1 IQQ. 



Gobius miuutus. G. albicans 

 ferrugineo-maculatus, radiis 

 dorsalibus et caudalibus fer- 

 rugineo obsolete strictus. 

 Pall. Spec. Zool. viii. 4. 



W E have seen several of this species taken 

 on. our sandy shores in the shrimp nets. 



The lenoth of the largest was not three 

 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. 



