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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 
THE WHITE GOBY (sw. klabstubben «)• 
APHYA M1NUTA. 
Plate XIII, figs. 8 and 9. 
Body so transparent, with a faint tinge of reddish, or greenish yellow, that the internal organs are visible h , and 
dotted with black, chromatophores, in youth chiefly at the bases of the, second dorsal flu ( sometimes not even there), 
the caudal fin and, ( most distinctly ) the anal fin. In adult specimens there is also a distinct row of about 25 dark, 
dots or collections of dots at the middle of the sides, one of these dots or collections of dots being placed in the space 
between each pair of the transverse sections of the lateral muscles, on the hind part of the body sometimes denser 
and forming a continuous streak along the middle of the sides. The whole dorsal, side ( sometimes the ventral sides 
proper as well) and the head, especially the tip of the snout, and the point of the lower jaw, also strewn , in speci- 
mens ready to spawn in particular, with, similar dark, chromatophores, which also appear on the rays of the 
vertical fins, and generally mark the divisions between the lateral muscles by transverse rows of dots in an upward 
and downward direction from the middle of the sides. 
R. br. 5,; D. 5 
U. x+ II +x\ L 
1 
A. 
1 
11 1. 12’ 12 1. It 
lat. 25 1. 26; L. tr. 5; Vert 
P. 16—18; V. 1 /. ; 
27. 
Syn. Atherina minuta , Risso, Ichthyol. de Nice, p. 340; Cuv., Val., 
Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. X, p. 437. 
Gobius pellucidus, Nardo, Gfiorn. Fis., Chiin. Stor. nat., Pavia, 
III (1824), Osservaz. etc. p. 7; Isis, XX (1827) p. 479; 
Kessl., Bull. Soc. Imp. Natur. Moscou, XXXII (1859) No. Ill, 
p. 260; Gthr ( Latrunculus ), Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. 
Ill, p. 556; Couch (Gobius), Fish. Brit. Isl., vol. II, p. 171, 
tab. CII, fig. 2 ; Coll. (Latrunculus), Forh. Vid. Selsk. 
Christ., 1876, No. 6, p. 2, tab. I, fig. 1 — 8; Proc. Zool. 
Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 319; Mor. (. Aphya ), Hist. Nat. Poiss. 
Fr., vol. II, p. 238; Day ( Aphia ), Fish. G:t Brit., Irel ., vol. 
I, p. 169; Lillj. (Aphya), Sv., Norg. Fisk., vol. I, p. 626; 
Coll. (Ajohia), N. Mag. Naturv. Christ., Bd. 29 (1884), p. 62. 
Aphia meridionalis, Bisso, Fur. Mer., tom. Ill, p. 288. 
Gobius albus, Parn., Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb., vol. XIV, p. 
137; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. VII (1837), p. 248, 
tab. XXIX; Yarr., Hist. Brit. Fish., ed. 2, vol. I, p. 295; 
Canestr., Arch. Zool. Anat. FisioL, vol. I, p. 152, tab. 
VIII, fig. 3; Gthr (Latrunculus), Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., 
vol. Ill, p. 80 et 556; Malm (Gobius) Forh. Skand. Naturf. 
Mote, Stockh. 1863, p. 411; Coll. (Latrunculus), Forh. 
Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1872, p. 8 (sep.); Blkr, Arch. Neerl. 
Sc. Exact., Natur., tome IX, p. 312; Malm, Gbgs, Boh. Fn., 
p. 435, tab. VI, fig. 2. 
Gobius Sluvitzii, v. Dub., Kor., Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1844, 
p. Ill; Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1844, p. 59, tab. II, fig. 4; 
Nilss., Skand. Fn., Fislc., p. 229; Gthr (Gobiosoma), 1. c., 
p. 86; Gill (Boreogobius), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 
1863, p. 269; Malm (Gobius), Forh. Skand. Naturf. Mote, 
Stockh. 1863, p. 411; Coll. (Latrunculus), Forh. Vid. Selsk. 
Christ. 1872, p. 9 (sep.); ibid. 1874, Tillsegsh., p. 59; 
Blkr (Boreogobius), 1. c., p. 310; Malm (Latrunculus), 
Gbgs, Boh. Fn., p. 439, tab. VI. fig. 3. 
The great external difference of sex in the White 
Got)}' has found its expression in the numerous names 
it has borne in the system. In modern times the 
males (Plate XIII, tig. 8 and fig. 71, a) have been 
generally known by the name of Latrunculus albus, 
and the females (Plate XIII, fig. 9 and fig. 71. c), 
together with the young specimens (fig. 71, b), by that 
of Lair. ( Boreogobius ) Stuvitzii. The former were dis- 
tinguished by the greater size of the teeth and the 
greater length of the rays at the end of the second 
dorsal and anal fins. These fishes were also long sup- 
posed to be the fry of some larger, still unknown 
Goby 0 , until Malm in July, 1861, found gravid females 
from 42 to 48 mm. long, in Gullmar Fjord off Chris- 
tineberg. In Scandinavia the males attain a length 
of at least 52 mm/ 
In this species too, the greatest depth of the body 
varies considerably according to age and sex, measuring 
° Malm, 1. c. 
b This is true only of the living fish. When preserved in spirits, it is an opaque, whitish yellow. 
c This was Parnell’s assumption as to the males, and v. Duben and Koren’s as to the females and the specimens where the external 
differences of sex were not yet developed. The former also cites an opinion then current among the Scotch fishermen, that these fishes were 
the young of Trachinus vipera. 
d From 40 to 50 mm. in more southern latitudes, according to Moreau; only slightly more than 38 mm., according to Day\ 
