FISHES. THORACIC. 22. Gobius. 
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Skin covered with large, rhombic, rigid fcales ; pupil h\uciih, 
iris white ; pectoral fins glaucous with obiokte brown fpots 
at the bale ; ventral brownifh ; dorjal and rounded caudal 
•hyaline, dotted with 'brown ; anal hyaline, the outer edge 
black. 
Dorf, 16, 11 : pect. 18 ; vent. 12 ; an. 11 : caud. 14 rays. 
Anal fin with 9 rays ; tail roundifli. Chinefe G. 
Inhabits China. 
Dorf. 6, 1 1 : pect. 20 : vent. 10; an. g : caud. 10 rays. 
Whitifli fpottcd with ferruginous ; rays of the dorfal and 
caudal fins obfcurely ftreaked with ferruginous. 
Spotted G. 
Inhabits the coafts of Europe: 3 inches long-. 
Head deprefled ; fnout blunt ; eyes large, prominent, iris fap- 
pUirine tongue large; teeth in both jaws; dorfal fins re^ 
mote ; tail even. 
Dorf. 6, 11 : an. a rays. 
Body and fins with brown bars. 
Inhabits the Nile and Mediterranean. 
Dorf. 6, 16: pect. 18; vent. 12; an. 14: eaud, 13 , rays. 
Ray's of the dorfal fins fetaceous, reaching above -the mem* 
brane. 
Inhabits the {bores of the European and Mediterraneant fe»s ; 
^ 6 inches long ; body above brown, beneath whitifh, 
vered with fcales ; flefh hardly eatable.- 
Head comprelTed ; pupil black, iris white ; bach a little arched . 
jams equal ; lateral line ftraight, blackifh, in the middle of 
the body ; ventral fin blue. 
Dorf 6, 13 : peEl. 16: vent. 12 : an. I,; caud. 14 ray». 
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l^^}'^irof. Teeth in the lower jaw horizontal.' PeHi^ated G. 
Inhabits China. 
Dorf. 5, 26: peSl, 19 : vent. 12 r an. 25 : eaud. 15 rays. 
Pe£toral fins fan-fhaped ; firft dorfal fin with I 2 » fecond 
Avith 13 rays. 
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^^^^ptri, Blackifli-brown, beneath whitifh ; rays of the firft dorfal 
fin fpinous. 
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