86 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1897. 



Gobius giurinus Rutter. New species. 



A single specimen, 3 in. long, No. 4,990, Leland Stanford, Jr. 

 University Museum, differs from Gobius giurus in the longer and 

 more depressed snout, horizontal mouth with lower jaw not promi- 

 nent, and larger scales in front of dorsal. 



Head 3i, depth 6, eye 4 ; D. VI-9 ; A. 9 ; scales 28-9. 



Body long, compressed posteriorly ; head depressed, somewhat 

 wider than high ; profile evenly curved ; eyes very close together, 

 the interorbital not so wide as pupil ; snout a little over i of head ; 

 jaws even, the premaxillary very broad on top of snout, its width 

 half length of eye; mouth nearly horizontal, teeth all small, two 

 rows in sides of upper jaw, one row in side of lower jaw, in a band 

 in front of each, broader in lower, no canines ; maxillary to below 

 anterior margin of eye ; head scaleless, but few scales on breast, 10 

 scales in front of dorsal ; spinous dorsal as high as body, soft dorsal 

 of same height, distance of last dorsal from caudal equals that of 

 first dorsal from middle of eye ; pectorals reach past ventrals, 1| in 

 head; ventrals 1 h in head ; anal not so high as soft dorsal. Color, in 

 alcohol, pale with five indistinct brown cross bars, a brown blotch at 

 upper base of pectoral, a faint one at base of caudal, soft dorsal 

 with numerous round dusky spots, caudal and anal minutely dusted 

 with black, pectorals and ventrals colorless. 



Chseturicb.tb.ys stigmatias Richardson. 



Chcetuiichthys stigmatias Richardson, Voy. Sulph. Fishes, p. 55, pi. 35, fig. 

 1-3, 1844, (Southern Pacific). 



Gobius stigmatias, Giinther, Cat. Fishes, III, 78, 1861. 



Three specimens, 4? in. long, 1 $ (?) and 2 9 . 



Head 4 and 41, depth Gh and 7i, eye 6 ; D. VIII-I, 22-23 ; A. 

 19 to 21 ; scales (deciduous) about 46. 



The specimens differ somewhat, and the following description is 

 based on the females. 



Body elongate, posteriorly somewhat compressed ; head entirely 

 scaly. Mouth large, slightly oblique, lower jaw projecting ; maxil- 

 lary to vertical from anterior margin of eye. Teeth slender, 

 pointed, in two single and separated rows in each jaw, the outer 

 row large. Several barbels under chin. Anterior dorsal about as 

 high as body. Pectoral nearly as long as head. Caudal acumin- 

 ate, about 1? times length of head. A dark blotch on posterior 

 part of spinous dorsal, soft dorsal dusky, caudal with dusky margin. 



