﻿REVISION 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  CLINGFISHES 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  75 
  

  

  Carnegie 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  IS, 
  p. 
  314, 
  192S 
  (tributary 
  to 
  Rio 
  Cricatuola 
  near 
  Con- 
  

   quautu). 
  — 
  JOKOAN, 
  Evkkmann, 
  and 
  Ci-\kk, 
  Kep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Couim. 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1U2S, 
  

   pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  4S9, 
  1930 
  (Costa 
  Kica). 
  

   Gobiesox 
  ramsdeni 
  RnxEo, 
  Proc. 
  Boston 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  41, 
  No. 
  4, 
  p. 
  73, 
  

   193G 
  (Rio 
  Toa. 
  "El 
  Palenque" 
  Yateras, 
  GuautAnanio, 
  in 
  Orionte 
  Province, 
  

   Cuba 
  ) 
  . 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  S. 
  F. 
  Hildebrand 
  kindly 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowintr 
  note 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Longley 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  on 
  a 
  specimen, 
  No. 
  513-1:, 
  of 
  Gobiesox 
  cephalus 
  Lace- 
  

   pede: 
  

  

  T. 
  L. 
  [total 
  length] 
  9.") 
  mm., 
  D. 
  S, 
  A. 
  G, 
  P. 
  21 
  and 
  a 
  stub 
  on 
  outer 
  sitle. 
  If 
  any 
  

   are 
  Lacei)ttde's 
  specimens, 
  this 
  must 
  be 
  it, 
  others 
  are 
  all 
  too 
  late. 
  

  

  Contrary 
  to 
  most 
  references 
  in 
  the 
  literature, 
  Lacepede 
  did 
  not 
  report 
  

   G. 
  ccphalus 
  from 
  the 
  ''Caribbean 
  Sea" 
  but 
  from 
  fresh-water 
  rivers 
  of 
  

   South 
  America. 
  Since 
  Lacepede 
  mentions 
  fresh 
  water 
  once 
  and 
  rivers 
  

   twice 
  in 
  his 
  dc-^cription 
  as 
  the 
  habitat 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  I 
  assume 
  he 
  did 
  

   not 
  make 
  a 
  mistake 
  in 
  the 
  locality 
  where 
  the 
  species 
  occurred. 
  

  

  1 
  have 
  before 
  me 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  Gobiesox 
  from 
  fresh-water 
  

   streams 
  of 
  northern 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  Central 
  America 
  on 
  the 
  At- 
  

   lantic 
  side, 
  and 
  these 
  agree 
  in 
  most 
  characteristics 
  throughout 
  the 
  area 
  

   represented. 
  Noteworthy 
  is 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  teeth. 
  On 
  the 
  

   lower 
  jaw 
  anteriorly 
  the 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  row 
  are 
  somewhat 
  enlarged, 
  

   short, 
  narrow 
  and 
  incisorlike, 
  not 
  crowded 
  or 
  projecting 
  forward 
  at 
  the 
  

   symphysis; 
  front 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw 
  with 
  conical 
  teeth; 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  in 
  

   both 
  jaws 
  conical 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  enlarged 
  caninelike 
  teeth 
  

   at 
  front 
  sides 
  of 
  lower 
  or 
  upper 
  jaws; 
  upper 
  jaw 
  with 
  an 
  inner 
  patch 
  

   of 
  small 
  conical 
  teeth 
  ; 
  origin 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  usually 
  equidistant 
  between 
  

   midbase 
  of 
  caudal 
  fin 
  and 
  tips 
  of 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  rays; 
  anus 
  usually 
  equi- 
  

   distant 
  between 
  anal 
  origin 
  and 
  rear 
  margin 
  of 
  disk 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  closer 
  to 
  

   anal 
  origin 
  ; 
  anal 
  origin 
  behind 
  middle 
  of 
  bases 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  rays 
  or 
  

   under 
  the 
  liftli 
  or 
  sixth 
  ; 
  anus 
  slightly 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  a 
  vertical 
  line 
  through 
  

   dorsal 
  origin; 
  head 
  2.2 
  to 
  2.G; 
  disk 
  2.G 
  to 
  3.2; 
  depth 
  4 
  to 
  5.5, 
  all 
  in 
  

   standard 
  length; 
  interorbital 
  equals 
  snout. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  blotch 
  near 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  on 
  first 
  rays 
  that 
  ap- 
  

   pears 
  to 
  occur 
  constantly 
  on 
  the 
  specimens 
  exiunined. 
  

  

  William 
  C. 
  Schroeder, 
  Mu.seum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology, 
  kindly 
  

   checked 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Gobiesox 
  raiiisdeni 
  (M. 
  C. 
  Z. 
  No. 
  34152) 
  and 
  made 
  

   the 
  following 
  observations: 
  

  

  Posterolateral 
  teeth 
  c>f 
  lower 
  jaw 
  more 
  rnniiiclike 
  and 
  not 
  smaller 
  than 
  front 
  

   tf^eth; 
  no 
  papilla 
  on 
  upiH'r 
  or 
  lower 
  jaws 
  (unless 
  I 
  overlooki-d 
  this) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  

   disk 
  e^juals 
  disk 
  to 
  midbase 
  of 
  anal; 
  anus 
  closer 
  to 
  anal 
  origin 
  than 
  to 
  rear 
  

   ninrpln 
  of 
  disk 
  by 
  an 
  i'ye's 
  diameter. 
  Standard 
  length 
  107 
  [mm.]; 
  head 
  43; 
  

   length 
  of 
  disk 
  30; 
  depth 
  of 
  body 
  25; 
  D. 
  8; 
  A. 
  5 
  or 
  6; 
  I'. 
  20; 
  eye 
  .^; 
  interorbital 
  10. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  counts 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  correcting 
  those 
  given 
  in 
  

   the 
  original 
  description 
  of 
  ramsdeni. 
  

  

  