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BLACK-TAILED GOBY. 



whitish beneath : scales large, and slightly ciliated 

 at the edges : head rather broader than the body, 

 and covered by a soft skin, crossed with very fine 

 lines : teeth small : eyes lateral ; between them a 

 blackish, triangular, longitudinal crest, resembling 

 a fin in miniature: behind the vent is a tubular 

 process imbedded in a small channel. 



NILOTIC GOBY. 



Gobius Aphya. G, albidus, nigro-punctatus, fasciis pinnarum 

 fuscis. 



Whitish Goby speekled with black 3 the fins barred with 

 brown. 



Gobius Aphya. G. fasciis etiam pinnarum fuscis* Lin. Sj/st. 

 Nat. p. 450. 



A very small species, found in the Nile, and in 

 some parts of the Mediterranean sea: length scarce 

 more than an inch : colour whitish varied by a few 

 small black spots: dorsal and anal fin marked by 

 brown bands : eyes very small : the second dorsal 

 fin has seventeen rays. 



BLACK-TAILED GOBY. 



Gobius Melanurus. G. pinna dorsali unica, cauda nigra. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. GmeL p. 1201. Brouss. ichth. dec. 1. 

 Goby with single dorsal fin, and black tail. 



A small species : sufficiently described by its 

 specific character : native country uncertain. 



