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BROUSSONEt's GOBY. 



Gobius Broussonetii. G. corpore elongato, compfesso, pinna 



dorsafi vnica, cauda lanceolata. 

 Goby with elongated and compressed body, single dorsal fm> 

 » and lanceolate tail. 



Le Gobioide Broussonet. Cepede 2. p. 580* pi. Yf.f* 1. 



Described by Cepede from a specimen in the 

 St adt holder's Museum. Body very long, much com- 

 pressed, and covered with a skin so transparent as 

 to admit a view of the disposition of the musdes : 

 jaws furnished with very small teeth : ventral fins 

 rattier long, and by their union forming a deep 

 funnel : dorsal fin single : pectoral fins small and 

 rounded: dorsal and anal pretty wide, and reaching 

 as far as the tail, which is of a lanceolate shape : 

 rays of the dorsal and anal fins project beyond the 

 membrane. Native of the African seas. 



SPOTTED GOBY. 



Gobius Minutus. G. albidus, ferruglneo maculatus, oculis 

 cceruleis. 



Whitish Goby with ferruginous spots and blue eyes. 



Gobius minutus. G. albicans, ferrugineo maculatus, radiis dor- 



salibus Sf caudalibus ferrugineo obsolete striatis. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel. p. 1199. Pall spic. zool. 8. p. 4. 



This species is a native of the European seas, 

 and, according to Mr. Pennant, frequents the sandy 

 shores of our own island during the summer months : 



