£50 SLEEPING GOBIOMORE. 



head compressed, but wider than the body : upper 

 jaw rather longer than the lower : teeth unequal ; 

 tongue and palate smooth, but the throat roughen- 

 ed by small sharp teeth : first dorsal fin furnished 

 with very long rays : tail large and rounded : 

 colours of the whole animal very elegant ; the 

 back being of a blueish green, and the abdomen 

 whitish : the head yellow, varied with green, and 

 marked by dusky streaks and specks : sides of the 

 body varied with reddish spots: dorsal fin trans- 

 parent, greenish, with red rays and transverse bars : 

 pectoral fins greenish; ventral white; anal green 

 tinged with red : tail yellowish green, with red 

 rays, and marked on each side by a broad, oblique, 

 curved, red stripe. 



SLEEPING GOBIOMORJE. 



Gobiomorus Dormitor. G. maxilla superiore longiore, cmda 

 rotunda. 



Gobiomore with the upper jaw longer than the lower, and 

 round tail. 



Le Gobiomore Dormeur. Cepede 2. p. 5S9. 



Native of the fresh-water lakes and rivers of 

 South America : lower jaw longer than the upper : 

 tail very much rounded : eleven rays in the second 

 dorsal fin : eight in the pectoral and anal fins ; 

 colour not mentioned by Cepede, who informs vis 

 that this species is figured in the drawings of Plu- 

 mier : supposed to take its name from the slowness 

 of its movements, or want of activity. 



