PLATE XXXVIII. 
Bloch does not include this species in either of his works on fishes. 
Bennant considers it as the Gobius Aphya of Linnaeus, in which 
particular, later writers are persuaded he is mistaken ; it must be con- 
fessed, however, that there still remains some little doubt as to the 
precise difference between the Aphya and Minutus ; Linnaeus tells us 
Ae former has the body and fins barred witli brown, which will in a 
t^ertam degree apply to the characters of minutus likewise. That our 
fish it the minuttis of Pallas, will not admit of doubt. 
