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the Oarribeaii, having- been ibund by the Blake at station clxxvi, on the Alacran Shoals, at 

 a depth of o.5 fathoms, and at station xxxiv, off Granada, at a depth of Itli fathoms; also by 

 the Albatross at station 2417, in 33° 18' 30" N. lat., 77° 07' W. Ion., at a depth of 95 fathoms ; 

 at station 2418, in 33° 20' N. lat., 77° or.' W. Ion., at a depth of 90 fathoms; at station 2121-2 

 at a depth of from 31 to 34 fathoms; and at station 2122, in 10= 37' N. lat., 61° 44' 22" W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 34 fathoms. 



One individnal lot (2121-2) correspond, in their dull coloration with P. jwrosissimus as 

 described by Giiuther. The others are all colored in the manner described for P. 2)lcctro(lon, 

 Giinther. 



Thalassnphriine maculosa, Giinther, has been found at a depth of 42 fathoms, and pos- 

 sibly occurs at a still greater depth. 



Family GOBIID.E. 



Let Gohioides, CuviER, Rfegne Auim.il, v.d. i, 1817, ii, 249; ed. 2, 1829, u, 236. 



Gohiida; Bonaparte, Saggio, 1832, 35; Icon. Fauu. Ital., Introd. ; Cat. Metodlco, 1846, 63.— Swainson, Nat. 



Hist. Fishes, etc., 1839, 183, 278.— Guntueb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., in, 1.— Gill, Arr. Fam. Fish., 1872,6 



(No. 52); Century Dictionary, 2560. 

 dohioUhi, Blekker, Tcnlamcn, 18.59, 24. 



Body stout, usually tapering from head to tail, sometimes more elongated, ovate, com- 

 pressed. Scales diversiform, ctenoid, cycloid, or wanting. No lateral line. Generally two 

 .spinigerous dorsal fins, sometimes united in one. Ventrals thoracic (normally .1, 5), usually 

 contributing to form a ventral sucker. An anal papilla. 



GOBIUS, Cuvier. 



Gobius, Cuvier, Rfigue Auim.al.— Guntiikr, (in part). Cat. Fish. Brit. JIu.s., iii, 3.— Jordan and Gilbert, 

 Bull. XVI, U. S. Niit. Mus., 633. 



IJody more or less elongate, compressed behind. Eyes high, close together. Mouth 

 moderate. Teeth conical, on jaws onlj , in several .series, those in outer row larger. Isthums 

 broad. Scales ctenoid; cheeks usually, and belly sometimes, naked. Dorsal usually v.-ith 

 G spines. Pectorals large. Ventrals completely united. Caudal fin obtuse. 



Gobius cometes, Alcock (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ISSIt, ii, 208, pi. Viii, fig. 2), occurs 

 below the hundred-fathom line in the Bay of Bengal, about 350 specimens having been taken 

 at Investigator station No. 90. 



GOBIUS LESUEURII, Risso. 



Gohiiis Usueuril, Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. M6rid., in, 1829, 284.— Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 XII, 33.— Bonaparte, Cat. Met., No. 567.— Guichenot, Exp. Alger. Poissons, 77.— Guntiier, Cat. Fish. 

 Brit. Mus., Ill, 12.— CANKSTHiNr, Arcli. Zoiil., i, 143, pi. viii, fig. 2 ; Pcscid'Italia, 174.— Vaillast, Exp. 

 Sci. Tras'ailleuret Talisman, 310.- Moreau, Hist. Nat. Poiss. Franco, ii, 219. 



A Gobius, with a low first dorsal composed of 6 rays, with orbital diameter greater 

 than width of inteforbital space, with 14 rays in second dorsal, and caudal lanceolate and 

 a little longer than head, and witli lateral line of about 20-27 scales. 

 Eadial formula: D. vi, l, 14; A. i, 14. 



This species, rare in the Mediterranean, where it has occasionally been found near Nice, 

 was obtained by the Travailleur off Villefrauche, in 445 fathoms. It was also found off 

 the Canaries in SO, and otY JMorocco in 112 fathoms. 



Family CALLIONYMID^^. 



CaUionymiiii, Bonaparte, Saggio, etc., 1831. 



CnUUintjmiim, Swain.son, Nat. Hist. Fish., etc., Ii, 18.39, 183. 



Callionymidn^, Bonaparte, Catalogo Motodico, 1846, 69.— Gill, Arr. Fam. Fish., 1872, 6 (No. 51). 



Caliionymoidei, Bleeker, Tcntaiuen, 1859, xxiv. 



CaUiotijimiiia, GCnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iir, 1,38. 



Gobioid fishes with two separate dorsal fins, and with the ventrals widely separated. 



