Class IV. B L A C K G O B Y, 213 



4. 



Sect. III. THORACIC FISH. 



Eyes placed near each other. xxr. 



Four branchioftegous rays. 

 Ventral fins united. 



Gobio niger. RondeU 200, pinna donl fecunda officu- 95* ^^-'^^^^ 

 Ge/ner pifc, 395. lorum quatuordecim. jir- 



Schwartzer Goeb. Schone- ted.Jynon. 46. 



'velde, 36. ~ Gobius niger. Lin.fyfi, 449= 



Sea Gudgeon. Rock-fifh. Wil. Eleotris capite cathetoplateo, 

 iSih. 206. Raiijyn,pifc. 76. pinnis ventralibus concretise 



Gobius ex nigricante varius, Gronoi;, Zooph* Ho. 281. 



IT is to this fifli that Naturalifts have given 

 the fynonym of ^^'^10;^ and Gobio^ names of cer- 

 tain fpecies mentioned by Arifiotle^ Pliny^ and 

 Oppian, The two firft have not left any charac- 

 ters for us to diftinguifh them by ; and Oppian at 

 once fhews that he never intended this kind, as he 

 has placed it among thofe which are armed with 

 a poifonous fpine. Ariftotk was acquainted with 

 two fpecies ; one a fea fifh that frequented the 

 rocks, another that was gregarious^ and an inha^ 



* Formed from Gohiust the generic name beftowed by Na^ 

 ^ur^ifts on thefe fiili, 



P 3 bitant 



