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FISHES. ACANTHOPT. 
Gobius. 
Gen. LVII. GOBIUS. Goby. — Ventral fins, thoracic, form- 
ing a concave disc by their union, but not capable of act- 
ing as a sucker. With an air-bag. 
117. G. niger. Black Goby. — Tail rounded. 
Gobius marinus, Merr. Pin. 189. Sihh. Scot. 24. — G. niger, Will Ich. 
206. Linn. Syst. 1. 449. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 213. — Groundling, 
Rock-fish — On the English and Scottish coasts. 
Length 5 inches. Body brownish above, white beneath, variegated with 
dark streaks and spots. There is usually a black spot on each side behind 
the pectorals, and at the base of the tail. 1st D. 1, 2 D. 12 to 14, P. 18, V. 
8, A. 12, C. 16. 
118. G. minutus. Spotted Goby. — Tail even. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 215. Dm. Brit. Fishes, t. xxxviii. Neill^ Wern. 
Mem. i. 534 — Taken in shrimp nets. 
Length about 2^ inches. Body whitish, with ferruginous streaks ; streaks 
of dots of the latter colour across the fins. 1st D. 6, 2 D. 11, P. 20, A. 11, 
C. 16. The head is flat, the eyes large and protuberant. 
Gen. LVIII. BLENNIUS. Blenny. Head furnished 
with fimbriated appendages. 
^ Dorsal Jin broad, abbreviated in the middle. 
1. Head with two appendages. 
^ 119. B. ocellaris. Ocellated Blenny. — First ray of the dor- 
sal fin longest ; crest fimbriated posteriorly. 
B. Salviani, Will. Ich. 131 — B. ocellaris, Linn. Syst. i. 442. Bloch, 
Ich. t. 167. Mont. Wern. Mem. ii. 443, t. xxii. f. 2. — On the coast of 
Devon. 
Length about 4 inches. Body brown, with a greenish tinge, spotted ; a 
round purple spot with a white ring on the dorsal fin. Eyes nearly level 
with the crown; irides silvery. D. 25, P. 12, V. 3, A. 18, C. 12. Three 
individuals of this species were obtained by Montagu from an oyster-bed at 
Torcross, Devonshire, the only examples which have yet occurred on the 
British shores. 
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120. B. Gattorugine. — First ray of the dorsal fin short; 
crest fimbriated on both sides. 
Gatt. Will Ich. 132 — B. Gatt. Linn. Syst. i. 442. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 
207* Mont. Wern. Mem. ii. 447. — Southern coast of England. 
Length about 7 inches. Body rufous. Eyes above the level of the crown ; 
irides orange. Lateral line arched above the pectorals. D. 33, P. 14, V. 2, 
A. 20, C. 12 — This species was first inserted in our Fauna by Pennant, a speci- 
men having been found on the Anglesea coast. Montagu mentions another 
taken in a crab-pot on the south-east coast of Devon. 
2. Head with one appendage. 
121. B. Montagui.~~^T\\e first rays of the dorsal fin on the 
neck detached. 
