﻿74 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hildebrand 
  furnished 
  me 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Longley 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  at 
  Amsterdam 
  on 
  specimens 
  reported 
  upon 
  by 
  

   Metzelaar 
  (1922) 
  from 
  Curasao 
  (Caracas 
  Bay) 
  : 
  

  

  Oobiesox 
  macrophthalmus 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  much 
  fringed 
  nasal 
  cirri, 
  the 
  wide 
  opercular 
  

   cleft, 
  the 
  incomplete 
  fold 
  behind 
  it 
  with 
  isolated 
  lower 
  lobe. 
  

  

  T. 
  L. 
  [total 
  length] 
  70 
  mm. 
  D. 
  8, 
  A. 
  7, 
  P. 
  24-24 
  including 
  stub. 
  

  

  Gohiesox 
  cephalu>s 
  ... 
  Is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  last 
  [macrophthalmus] 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  T. 
  L. 
  20 
  

   mm. 
  D. 
  8, 
  A. 
  7, 
  P. 
  23-23, 
  stub 
  included 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  gill 
  cleft 
  extends 
  entire 
  width 
  

   of 
  base 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fin. 
  I 
  get 
  no 
  fold 
  at 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  fin 
  base. 
  The 
  anterior 
  

   teeth 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  are 
  enlarged, 
  the 
  middle 
  much 
  flattened 
  and 
  larger 
  than 
  

   the 
  next 
  pair. 
  

  

  Material 
  examined. 
  — 
  Bahama 
  Islands: 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Nos. 
  38386 
  and 
  

   53220, 
  totaling 
  2 
  specimens. 
  Jamaica 
  : 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  78142, 
  1 
  speci- 
  

   men. 
  St. 
  Thomas 
  : 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Nos. 
  78157 
  and 
  78158, 
  totaling 
  2 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  San 
  Juan 
  Island 
  : 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  117423, 
  4 
  specimens. 
  Virgin 
  

   Islands 
  : 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  117412, 
  3 
  specimens. 
  Martinique 
  : 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

   No. 
  117452, 
  2 
  specimens. 
  Puerto 
  Kico: 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  126181, 
  1 
  

   specimen. 
  

  

  Range. 
  — 
  Bahama 
  Islands 
  and 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  Genus 
  GOBIESOX 
  Lacepede 
  

  

  Oohiesox 
  Lacepede, 
  Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  poissons, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  595, 
  fig., 
  1800. 
  

  

  (Genotype: 
  OoMesox 
  cephalus 
  Lacepede.) 
  

   Megaphalus 
  Rafinesque, 
  Analyse 
  de 
  la 
  nature, 
  p. 
  86, 
  1815. 
  (Genotype: 
  Oobiesox 
  

  

  cephalus.) 
  (Substitute 
  name 
  for 
  Oobiesox.) 
  

  

  GOBIESOX 
  CEPHALUS 
  Lacepede 
  

  

  Oobiesox 
  cephalus 
  Lacepede, 
  Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  poissons, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  pp. 
  595, 
  596, 
  

   fig., 
  1800 
  (fresh-water 
  rivers 
  of 
  South 
  America). 
  — 
  Brisout 
  de 
  Barneyille, 
  

   Rev. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Cuv., 
  vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  145, 
  1846 
  (Martinique). 
  — 
  Gxjnthee, 
  Catalogue 
  

   of 
  the 
  fishes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  pp. 
  499, 
  566, 
  1861 
  (Caribbean 
  

   Sea; 
  St. 
  Domingo; 
  West 
  Indies). 
  — 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Eveemann, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  

   Fish 
  and 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1895, 
  App., 
  p. 
  491, 
  1896 
  (West 
  Indies) 
  ; 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  

   Bull. 
  47, 
  pt. 
  8, 
  p. 
  2332, 
  1898 
  (Caribbean 
  Sea 
  ) 
  .— 
  GinxEL, 
  Arch. 
  Zool. 
  Exper., 
  

   vol. 
  5, 
  No. 
  5, 
  pp. 
  640-645, 
  1906 
  (anatomy). 
  — 
  Blosser, 
  Ann. 
  Carnegie 
  Mus., 
  

   vol. 
  6, 
  p. 
  300, 
  1909 
  (St. 
  Croix).— 
  Fowler, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  

   vol. 
  71, 
  p. 
  143, 
  1919 
  (St. 
  Martins, 
  West 
  Indies).— 
  Jordan, 
  Evermann, 
  and 
  

   CL-^RK, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1928, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  489, 
  1930 
  (West 
  Indies).— 
  

   ?RiVEEO, 
  Proc. 
  Boston 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist, 
  vol. 
  41, 
  No. 
  4, 
  p. 
  73, 
  1936 
  (Habana). 
  

  

  Oobiesox 
  tudes 
  Richardson, 
  Zoology 
  of 
  the 
  voyage 
  of 
  H. 
  M. 
  S. 
  Sulphur, 
  Ichthyol- 
  

   ogy, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  103, 
  pi. 
  46, 
  figs. 
  1-3, 
  1844 
  (locality 
  unknown 
  ) 
  .—Jordan 
  and 
  

   Eveemann, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Bull. 
  47, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  2333, 
  1898 
  (West 
  Indies).— 
  

   Joedan, 
  Eveemann, 
  and 
  Clabk, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1928, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  

   p. 
  489, 
  1930 
  (probably 
  West 
  Indies). 
  

  

  Oobiesox 
  tudes 
  'Richardson= 
  Oobiesox 
  cephalus 
  Lacepfede, 
  Longlet, 
  Carnegie 
  

   Inst. 
  Washington 
  Year 
  Book, 
  No. 
  34, 
  p. 
  284, 
  1935. 
  

  

  Cotylis 
  stannii 
  MtJiXER 
  and 
  Tboschel, 
  Horae 
  ichthyologicae, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  18, 
  pi. 
  3, 
  

   fig. 
  3, 
  1849 
  (Brazil). 
  

  

  Oobiesox 
  costaricensis 
  Meek, 
  Publ. 
  Field 
  Mus. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  zool. 
  ser., 
  vol. 
  10, 
  No. 
  

   7, 
  p. 
  74, 
  1912 
  (Zent 
  River, 
  Atlantic 
  drainage, 
  Costa 
  Rica). 
  — 
  Behre, 
  Ann. 
  

  

  