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MARE-LIPPED GOBY. 



Gobius Lagocephalus. G. fuscus, labiis emarginatis, superiore 

 crassissimo. 



Brown Goby, with emarginated lips, the upper one very thick. 

 Gobius lagocephalus. G. maxilla superiore hemispkcerica, lingua 



lineaque later ali nulla. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p, 1202. PalL 



spic. zool. 8. p. 14. t. 2,f. 6. 7. 



Described by Kolreuter in the Petersburg!! 

 Transactions. Body round, compressed towards the 

 tail : size of a finger : colour grey or dark brown : 

 covered with minute scales : head short, thick, with- 

 out scales : mouth transverse ; upper jaw very 

 thick ; lower with a few larger teeth, which are 

 slightly hooked : lips cleft in the middle, doubled, 

 the upper fleshy and very thick, reaching much 

 beyond the jaw; palate with numerous crowded 

 small teeth on the margin: eyes distant, small, 

 covered with the common skin : rays of the first 

 dorsal fin simple, of the other and the tail branched : 

 tail oval-rounded : pectoral lanceolate-oval: ventral 

 with very short crowded rays : vent in the middle 

 of the body. 



