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BOSCIAN GOBY. 



of a lengthened shape, and nearly of equal diameter 

 throughout : the head is oblong, and truncated in 

 front ; the jaws of equal length, and armed with 

 sharp teeth : the gill-covers consist of two small 

 laminae, and the opening of the gills is large : the 

 vent is situated much nearer the head than the 

 tail : the body is covered with scales, of which 

 those toward the tail are much larger than those 

 on the upper parts. This is a West-Indian species, 

 it is found in the rivers of Martinique and some 

 other islands. 



BOSCIAN GOBY. 



Gobius Boscii. G. cinereus, fusco-punctatus, fasciis septem 



transxersis albidis. 

 Grey Goby, speckled with brown, and marked by seven 



whitish transverse bands. 

 Le Gobie Bosc. Cepede 2. p. 556. pi l6.f. 1. 



Native of the American seas, and observed by 

 Bosc in the bay of Charles-Town. Head broader 

 than the body : both jaws of equal length : teeth 

 very small : eyes prominent : nostrils elevated : 

 gill-covers terminating acutely : four first rays of 

 the first dorsal fin prolonged into a small filament : 

 body without scales : general colour grey, spotted 

 with brown, and marked by seven irregular trans- 

 verse whitish or pale bands, fins brown : length 

 fifty-four millimetres ; breadth thirteen. Described 

 by Cepede from the communications of Mr. Bosc. 



