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List of Nominal Species of Eleotridin^;, arranged in Chrono- 

 logical Order, with Identifications. 



(Tenable Specific Names are in Italics.) 



Nominal Species. Date. Identification. 



Gobius pisonis Gmelin, 1788, Eleotris pisonis. 



Sciama macnlata Bloch, 1790, Dormitator maculatus. 



Gobius amorea Walbauni, 1792, Eleotris pisonis. 



Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepede, 1798, Gobiomorus dormitator. 

 Platycephalus dormitator Blocb & Schneider, 1801, " " 



Batrachus guavina Bloch & Schneider, 1801, " 



Eleotris mugiloides Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837, Dormitator maculatus. 



Eleotris guavina Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837, Guavina guavina. 



Eleotris gyrinus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837, Eleotris pisonis. 

 Eleotris smaragdus Cuvier &, Valenciennes, 1837, Erotelis smaragdus. 



Eleotris latifrons Richardson, 1837, Dormitator latifrons. 



Eleotris somnolentus Girard, 1858, Dormitator maculatus. 



Lembus maculatus Gunther, 1859, Gobiomorus maculatus. 



Philypnus lateralis, Gill, 1860, Gobiomorus lateralis. 



Eleotris omocyaneus Poey, 1860, Dormitator maculatus. 



Eleotris gundlachi Poey, 1860, " " 



Erotelis valenciennesi Poey, 1861, Erotelis smaragdus. 



Dormitator lineatus Gill, 1863, Dormitator maculatus. 



Dormitator microphthalmus Gill, 1863, Dormitator latifrons. 



Eleotris longiccps Gunther, 1864, Gobiomorus longiceps. 



Eleotris seminuda Gunther, 1864, Gymneleotris seminuda. 



Eleotris picta, Kner & Steindachner, 1864, Eleotris pisonis. 



Culius amblyopsis Cope, 1870, Eleotris amblyopsis. 



Culius perniger, Cope, 1870, Eleotris pisonis. 



Culius belizanus Sauvage, 1879, Eleotris belizana. 



Culius cequidens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881, Eleotris sequidens. 



Recapitulation. 

 In this review we have admitted 13 species and 6 genera of 

 Eleotridinse as probably valid. We give here a list of the species. 

 The general distribution of the species is indicated by the letters 

 "W. (Western Atlantic, West Indies, etc.) ; U. (Coast of United 

 States); P. (Eastern Pacific, Mazatlan, Panama, etc.); G. (Western 

 slopes of South America). 



Subfamily Eleotridinse. 



Genus 1. GOBIOMORUS Lacepede. 



1. Gobiomorus lateralis Gill (P.). 



2. Gobiomorus maculatus Giinther (G.). (Species unknown to us.) 



3. Gobiomorus dormitator Lacepede (W. U.). 



4. Gobiomorus longiceps Giinther (W.). 



