OTAHEITEE GOBY. 



throat, and most of the fins spotted with red : gene- 

 ral colour dull white, with a few transverse brown 

 bands : ventral fins blueish : tail rounded, and 

 marked with obscure blackish bands. This species 

 has been sometimes regarded as a variety of the 

 G. Jozo. 



OTAHEITEE GOBY. 



Gobius Ocellaris. G, olivaceus, subtvs gtaucus, pinna dor salt 



priore ocello nigro prope basin not at a. 

 Olivaceous Goby, glaucous beneath, with the first dorsal fin 



marked towards the base by a black ocellate spot. 

 Gobius Ocellaris. G. maxilla svperiort longiore, pinna dorsali 



prima ocellata sexradiata, Lin, Syst, Nat. GmeL p. 120 L 



Brouss, ichth. dec, 1. t. 2. 



Native of the rivulets of Otaheitee. Body com- 

 pressed lanceolate, covered on the hind part with 

 imbricate ciliate scales, obscurely clouded w T ith 

 olive and black, beneath glaucous. Head a little 

 compressed, subconic, blackish, slightly curved 

 above, obtusely carinate in the middle, beneath 

 strait, flat ; eyes looking obliquely upwards, pupil 

 black, iris glaucous ; teeth unequal, minute, those 

 of the lower jaw less : lateral line nearly in the 

 middle, strait, obscure; vent placed a little behind: 

 fins generally with divided rays, the connecting 

 membrane diaphanous : pectoral and ventral fins 

 blackish ; first dorsal short, with olive and brown 

 undulations, and simple rays, setaceous and re- 

 curved at their tips: second dorsal fin long, greenish, 



v. iv. p. n. 16 



