Class IV. SPOTTED GOBY. 215 



A^va} Athen. Lib. VII. /. Gobius Aphya et Marfio <^^* Spot- 



284. di6lus. Arted.fynon. ^y. ted. 



Aphia. £e/on, 207. Gobius Aphya. G. fafciis 



Aphya cobites. Rondel. 210. etiam pinnarum fufcis. Lin. 



Gefner pifc. 67. Wil. pifc, fyji. 450. 

 207. Rati Jyn. pifc, jS, 



WE faw feveral of this fpecks taken lad fum- 

 mer on our fandy fhores in the fhrimp nets. 



The length of the largeft was not three inches .; 

 the nofe was blunt : the eyes large and prominent, 

 {landing far out of the head: the irides fappha- 

 rine , the head flat j the tongue large j teeth in 

 both jaws. 



The firft dorfal fin confided of fix rays; the 

 fecond of eleven, and placed at fome diftance from 

 the other. 



The ventral fins are united : the anal confift of 

 eleven rays : the tail is even at the end. 



The body is of a whitifh color, obfcurely fpot- 

 ted with ferruginous : the rays of the dorfal fins, 

 and the tail, barred with the fame color. 



P 4 L^rge 



