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plumier's goby. 



Gobius Plumieri. G. fusco-jlaxescens, subtus albidus, maxilla 

 superiore prominente. 



Yellowish-brown Goby, whitish beneath, with thick, project- 

 ing upper lip. 



Gobius Plumieri. G. maxilla superiore prominente. Lin. Si/st. 

 Nat. GmeLp. 1203. Block, t. 178. 



Native of the American seas : described by 

 Plumier : length three or four inches : habit plump 

 or fleshy : colour yellowish brown above, yellow on 

 the sides, and white beneath : body covered with 

 small scales : upper lip obtuse and longer than the 

 lower : rays of the first dorsal fin project beyond 

 the membrane : pectoral fins rather large : tail 

 rounded: considerably esteemed as an article of 

 food. 



PECTINATED GOBY. 



Gobius Pectinirostris. G. dentibus maxillae inferioris horizon- 



talibus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 45 1 . 

 Goby with the teeth of the lower jaw horizontal. 

 Apocryptes Chjnensis. Osb. it. p. 130. 



Native of China: size rather small : particularly 

 distinguished by the position of its teeth in the 

 lower jaw, which project horizontally in such a 

 manner as to represent a small semicircular comb : 

 in the first dorsal fin are five rays, in the second 

 twenty-six, in the pectoral fins nineteen, in the 

 ventral ten, in the anal twenty-six, and in the tail 

 fifteen. 



