G34 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



9 1. G. soporator Cuv. & Val. 



Dark brownish-olive, marbled with darker, and with lighter dots 

 along- the series of scales; fins all blackish, the dorsal and caudal more 

 or less distinctly barred; a dark blotch on temporal region. Body 

 rather stout. Kye rather large, slightly less than snout. Head rather 

 broader than high. Month rather large; jaws equal ; maxillary to mid- 

 dle of eye. Cheeks naked; scales on nape much smaller than those on 

 body; opercle not longer than eye; distance of first dorsal from eye 

 equals that of snout from preopercle; upper rays of pectoral silk-like, 

 the fin not quite as long as caudal, shorter than head; ventrals not 

 reaching the vent, their basal membranes very broad. Head 3; depth 

 4f. D. VI-I, 9: A. I, 8; Lat. 1. 35; 1. trans. 13. Both coasts of Me x 

 ico; very abundant southward, north to Florida. 

 (Cuv. & Val. xii, 56; Giintlicr, iii, ^6.) 



985. G. caroliiiensBS Gill. 



Blackish-brown, indistinctly marked with lighter; a darker spot at 

 base of caudal; a few light spots on opercnluin; fins purplish. Head 

 44- in total length (with caudal); depth about 5; caudal peduncle of 

 total length, its height of the same; eye 4 in length of head; upper 

 rays of pectorals silk-like; caudal % total length, as long as pectoral. 

 D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 8; Lat, 1. 38; L. tr. 14; IMS. (Gill.) Charleston, 

 S. C.; the type now destroyed; probably identical with G. soporator. 



(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 263.) 



986. G. glllosus Gnl. 



Olivaceous, with transverse black spots on the back and longitudinal 

 ones on the head. Snout subconical, the month very large, oblique, the 

 lower jaw included; maxillary extending beyond the orbit. Eyes small, 

 superior, their length 5 in head, twice the interocular space; isthmus 

 moderate. Dorsals well separated, the first with some rays filiform; 

 dorsal and anal barely reaching base of caudal ; ventrals reaching 

 vent; pectorals longer than ventrals; caudal rounded; scales mod- 

 erate. Head nearly one-fourth the total length. D. VI-!.">; A. 15. 

 Jndianola, Te\. ((lirnrd.) 



(<;ir:ml, I". S. M^\. limiml. Snrv. Iclitli. H.V.I, >(;.) 



Appearance of (inhiti* It/rlms. Reddish l>ro\vn, obscurely barred with 

 dusky. Head larger; caudal shorter: ventrals shorter; anal^ lower; 

 scales smaller than in (i. lyr'n-iiK : teeth very slender, much smaller 

 than in (I. lyric ax. Third dorsal spine filamentous. D. VI-11; A. 12. 



