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TRANSPARENT GOBY. 
Oohius pellucidxis, 0. 
The fish of which a figure and description are now given, 
under a name new to science, was procured from the Bristol 
Channel, by the kindness of E. T. Higgins, Esq.; and in 
several particulars it differs so considerably from every species 
to which I am able to refer, as known hitherto on the British 
coasts, that I feel compelled to regard it as new. 
Two examples in my possession were of about equal size, 
and when first caught they were even more than semitransparent. 
Mr. Higgins remarked that they might be compared to the 
Morris in this respect; but their size, which measured an inch 
and three fourths in length, will not countenance the supposition 
that this transparency can be accounted for by the early con- 
dition of their growth. The snout is of greater length than in 
most of the species of Gobies that have come under our notice, 
and consequently protrudes further before the eyes; under 
jaw longest, and the gape wide, running back under the eye. 
The body slender, of uniform breadth, beginning to slope only 
near the tail. First ray of the first dorsal over half the length 
of the pectoral; length of the rays decreasing rapidly. Second 
dorsal not near the first, low, parallel with the anal; pectoral 
fins slender, long, ending in a point; ventrals slight; tail a 
little concave. No visible scales. No spot nor bar on any of 
the fins, except that in one example there was a slight dusky 
mark at the root of the tail. Colour simply pale. Viewed 
from below the borders of the gill-covers appeared to close 
one over the other. 
