167 
ONE-SPOTTED GOBY. 
Oohius unipunctatus, Yabkeil; JBr Fishes, vol. i, p. 292. 
I HAVE not met with this species on the rocky coast with 
which I am best acquainted, but examples have been obtained 
from Weston-super'JVlare, on the Biistol Channel, by E. T, 
Higgins, Esq., and kindly sent for my use. It was first made 
known by Hr. .Parnell, who procured it on the coast of Scotland, 
in the shallow water of sandy bays; but beyond this little 
seems to be known of its peculiar habits, except perhaps a 
circumstance that will be mentioned presently, if the species 
should chance be the same. 
The example described measured two inches and seven eighths 
in length; the shape not greatly compressed, deepest at the 
first dorsal fin, and from thence becoming more slender to the 
tail. Eyes of moderate size, high on the cheek, near each 
other, but not in contact. The snout not sloping so much to 
the mouth as in the three last-mentioned species. Under jaw 
longest; teeth conspicuous. Scales on the body distinctly 
seen. The first dorsal fin rises at about half the length of 
the pectoral, the rays elevated, and the membrane passing far 
back beyond the last ray. Pectoral ending opposite the last 
ray of the first dorsal, upper rays shortest. The two dorsals 
widely apart; the first ray of the anal slightly in advance of 
the second dorsal, and the two ending opposite each other at a 
considerable distance from the tall; the latter fin but slightly 
rounded; the ventral fins reach to the vent. 
The colour is a pale brown along the back, from which in 
one example proceeded several bands of a fainter colour; the 
fins also were of the general colour of the body, and on the 
second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins were three or four darker 
