GOBIES. 
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GOBI US ORCA. 
Fig. 66. 
Base of the second dorsal fin about equal in length to the peduncle of the tail, the least depth of which is more 
than 7 % of the length of the body. Eyes superiorly almost or quite contiguous , their longitudinal diameter being 
about 46 % of the length of the head. Number of scales in a row along the sides of the body about 24. Fore- 
head and throat scaleless. Six or seven rays in the first dorsal fin. Funnel formed by the ventral fins incom- 
plete, the membrane uniting the fins being wanting in front. Body of a uniform grayish brown without distinct 
spots or bands , only with a darker shading on the sides below the beginning of the first, dorsal fin , at the end 
of the anal fin and at the base of the caudal fin. First dorsal fin high and, like the anal fin, of a uniform 
brownish black; second dorsal fin {in the male?) marked with alternate, brownish black and, snow- white bands. 
Fig. 66. Gobias area. Magi). 2 diam. Specimen belonging to the Zoological Museum of Christiania University. 
D. 6 — 7|- A. — ; P. 17; V. 1 / 5 ; C. #+13 + #; L. lat. 
circ. 24. 
>Stjn. Gobius orca, Coll., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. XIII, 
p. 446; Forh. Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1874, p. 172, tab. Ill, 
figg. 1 — 3; ibid., Tillasgsh. p. 57; ibid. 1879, No. 1, p. 
34 ( Lebetus ); N. Mag. Nature., Christ., Bd. 29, p. 61, 
tab. I, fig. 1 — 2; Lillj. (Gobius), Sv., Norg. Fisk., vol. 1, 
p. 616. 
