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CLOtfDED GOBY. 



Gobius Nebulosus. G. albidus, maculis confluentibus fuscis, 



squamis magnis rkombeis. 

 Whitish Goby, variegated with confluent brown spots, and 



covered with large rhomboid scales. 

 Gobius nebulosus. G. pinnm dorsalis primes radio secundo Jilo 



membrana duplo longiore nigro terminate. Lin. Syst. Nat, 



Gmel, p. II98. Forsk. arab. p. 24. 



Observed by Forskal in the Arabian sea. Length 

 three inches : colour whitish, variegated with con- 

 fluent brown spots : beneath plain : scales large, 

 rhomboid, and rough : pupils of the eyes blueish, 

 irides white : pectoral fins glaucous, variegated at the 

 base by obscure brown spots : ventral fins browriish : 

 dorsal and caudal hyaline, spotted with brown : anal 

 hyaline bordered with brown. 



CHINESE GOBY. 



Gobius Eleotris. G. albidus, squamis magnis Icevibus, macula 



prope opercula magna violacea. 

 Whitish Goby, with large smooth scales, and a large violet 



spot near the gill-covers. 

 Gobius Eleotris. G. pinna anali radiis novem. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p. 440. , Gobius Chinensis. Osb. it. p. 260. 



Native of China : colour whitish, and covered 

 with large, round, smooth scales : on the back, 

 near the gill-covers, is a large violet-coloured spot : 

 both the dorsal fins are of equal height, and the tail 

 is rounded, 



