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SCHLOSSERIAN GOBY. 



Gobius Schlosseri. G. nigricans, subtus albidus, capite magnoj 



corpore squamis magnis, coriaceis, rotundatis. 

 Blackish Goby, whitish beneath, with large head, and body 



covered with large, rounded, coriaceous scales. 

 Gobius Schlosseri. G. ex fusco nigricans, subtus exalbidus, 



pinnce dorsalis primx radiis spinosis, Lim Si/st. Nat. Gmel. 



p. 1201. Pali up. zool. 8. 



This species is a native of the island of Amboina, 

 inhabiting fresh waters, and generally residing on 

 the soft mud, in which it conceals itself on the 

 approach of danger : it is about a span in length, 

 of a somewhat compressed form, and tapering but 

 very slightly towards the tail : the head is longish, 

 and much broader than the body ; the eyes pro- 

 tuberant, and placed in front of the head: the 

 body is covered with moderately large, coriaceous, 

 rounded scales, and is of a dusky colour above, and 

 whitish beneath : the pectoral fins are attached, on 

 each side the base, to a kind of fleshy arm or foot- 

 stalk. According to Cepede the Gobius harbarus 

 of Linnaeus is in reality no other than the above 

 species : it is thus distinguished in the Systema 

 Naturae. G. pinnis pectoralibus flabello insistentibus, 

 pinna dersali prior e radiis 12, posteriore 13. 



