FiSriES. THORACIC. 22. Gobius. 745 
inhabits Carolina .-'botiy covered with large fcales. 
Head compreffed, nak£^ ; 2 fore-teeth longer, ftanding out, 
diftani, in each jaw ; ^ill-cov,crs fmooth ; dorfal and anai hni 
with coloured lines ; tail rounded. 
uenf. 6 : 15: taiid. 12 rayi. 
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Dorfal fins 2 ; the firft ray of the firfl toothed backwards- 
Inhabits round GreenUnd ; grows to 3 feet long ; body filvcry, 
rough, covered with large hard fcales. 
Head large, broad above ; eyes large, round, pupil black, inS 
filvery ; before the eyes are 4 holes, 2 Of them round and 2 
oblong ; mouth large ; upper jaw longer, with a cirrus be- 
neath, and armed with 5 rows of fharp teeth, lower with 3 ; 
tongue white, cartilaginous, thick, fhort, fmooth ; aperture 
of the gills large, the cover of one piece ; vent nearer the 
head ; lateral line nearer the back ; back axiAfns cine? eons. 
Dor/, ti, 124; pect. 19: vent. 7: an. 148: caud. — rays. 
^2. GOBIUS. Head fmall: eyes approxi- 
mate, with 2 punftures between them : 
gilL-membrane 4-ray ed : body fmall, 
comprefled each lide, covered with 
fmall fcales, with a tubercle behind 
the vent : ventral fins united into a 
funnel-like oval ; dorfal fins 2. Hoby. 
Thefe lie cliiefly under ftoncs ; feed on worms, infefts and the 
fpawn and young fry of other filh ; they ftick firmly to 
rocks by the funnel-fhaped ventral fins ; mouth fmall; /itsur 
armed with fmall lharp teeth ; tongue fhort, obtule ; palate 
rough, with 4 boncS ; aperture of the gills narrow, rounded ; 
lateral line in the middle of the body. 
Second dorfal fin with 14 
Inhabits the European and Aftatic feas; S---6 mcces long , 
body deep brown, or whitifli with deep brown an ye 
foots; flefh very good. ■ n, I 
Head comprefled towards the lower parts . O’er near y , ’ 
, pupil blLk, iris filvery i^aws eoual,, with 2 rows of teeth ; 
. tongue loofe ; body covered with hard cmertous fcalps ; back. 
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