1899.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 361 



An interesting species, originally described from Peru, close to 

 S. rosaceus, but less pronounced with respect to spinous develop- 

 ment. Not represented in the Callao collection. 



Range. — Peru and Chile. 



82. Agriopus peruanus Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Agriopus peruanus Cuv. and Val., Hist. Nat., iv, 389, 1829 [San Lo- 

 renzo islands] ; Gay, Hist. Chile Zool., ii, 181, 1848 ; Giinther, 

 Voyage Alert, Fish, 20, 1881 [W. coast Patagonia] ; Steindach- 

 ner, Fauna Chilensis, 297, 1898 [Iquique]. 



BATRACHOIDID^. 



83. Porichtliys porosus Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Porichthys porosus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat., xii. 506, pi. 

 368, 1837 [Valparaiso] : Gay, Hist. Chile Zoo)., ii, p. 296, 1848 ; 

 Giinther, Shore Fishes. Challenger, 25, 1880 [Valparaiso] ; Stein- 

 dachner, Fauna Chilensis, 306, 1898 [Iquique]. 



84. Auchenionchus crinitus (Jenyns). 



Clinus crinitus Jen.vns, Voy. Beagle, Fishes, 90, pi. 18, fig. 1 [Co- 

 quimbo]; Gay, Hist. Chile, ii, 280; Steindachner, Fauna Chilen- 

 sis, 311, 1898 [Iquique]. 



(?) Clinus pfr'/ri<inus Cuvier and Valenciennes, xi, 383, 1836 [no 

 definite locality]. 



Auchenionchus, gen. char. Gill, Proc. Acad. Phila., 1860, 103. 



GOBIID^. 



85. Gobiodes peruanus (Steindachner). 



Amblyopus broussonetii Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus., iii, 136, 161 [coast 



of Peru]. 

 Amblyopus peruanus Steindachner, Denk. Ak. Wien, xlii, 1880, 94 



[Zur Fisch Fauna der Fliisse bei Guayaquil]. 



Habitat. — Peru and Ecuador, coastwise and in streams. 



BLENNIID^. 



86. Labrisomus pMlippi (Steindachner). 



Clinus phiUppi Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, iii, 3 (Sitz. Ak. Wiss. 



Wien, liii, 210, 1866) ['^ West coast of South America"]. 

 Clinus fortidentatus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 26 (sep.), 1877 



[Callao]. 



Local name, Framhollo. 



Six specimens, length 260 mm. (circa). 



Head Z\, depth 4-5 in body. Eye 5-6^, 2 in snout. 



A very voracious fish. The throat and stomach of two of the 

 specimens were gorged with Stolephorus tapirulus, fully 100 mm. 

 long. The stomach in each was found full of mollusc shells, sea 

 urchin spines and plates, and small crustaceans, including a good- 

 sized crab with shell unbroken. 



