PISCES THORACICI. GOBIUS. 
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No. LV. 
Gobius varius; iride aurea; radio tertio quartoque pinna dorsi longiore, setaeeo; cauda 
integra , parum acuminata. 
The variegated Gobius. The iris of the eye golden ; the third and the fourth ray of the 
dorsal fin long and setaceous; the tail entire, somewhat pointed. 
Called by the Natives Peel Mottah. 
B. iv. D. 6.11. P. 17. V. 10. A. 12. G. 
This species, different from any of the former, was found also among some rocks; but neither drawn, nor fully 
described. It was three inches long; the back of a faint green with dark spots ; about the throat and opercula 
the colours changeable. Iris golden. The tongue remarkably distinguished by six studs, placed transversely in 
pairs, which looked as if gilded; and emitted a light in the dark, resembling that of the glow worm, visible 
after death, but most splendent when the fish was alive. The third and fourth rays of the first dorsal fin, long 
and setaceous. The tail a little pointed. 
