ARABIAN GOBY. 



tinged with dull red at the tip ; the rays annulated 

 with greenish and brown; the first ray simple : anal 

 fin long, greenish-brown, with transparent tip : tail 

 oval, greenish, with simple rays. 



ARABIAN GOBY. 



Gobius Arabicus. G. olivaceus, maculis confluentibas violaceis 



pundisque cmruleis variatus, radiis dorsalibus quinque elongatis. 

 Olivaceous Goby, variegated with confluent violet spots and 



blue specks,, with five of the dorsal rays elongated. 

 Gobius Arabicus. G, pinnce dorsalis primes radiis quinque 



posterioribus Jilo rubro terminatis membrana duplo longioribus. 



Lin. fyst. Nat. Gmel. p. HQS, Forsk. arab. p. 23. 



A small species, about the size of the little finger, 

 and of a greenish brown colour, variegated with 

 numerous violet-coloured spots and blue specks - y 

 the violet spots becoming confluent on some parts ; 

 the skin is very soft, and covered with extremely 

 small, close-set scales : all the fins are spotted, 

 and the tail is of a cuneated shape. Observed by 

 Forskal in the Arabian seas. 



