﻿76 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  Matenal 
  examined. 
  — 
  ^West 
  Indies: 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Nos. 
  26479, 
  29848, 
  

   93793, 
  totaling 
  11 
  specimens. 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  : 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  74246 
  (para- 
  

   type 
  of 
  costarwensis) 
  ; 
  F. 
  M. 
  N. 
  H. 
  Nos. 
  7677 
  and 
  7813 
  (type 
  and 
  2 
  

   paratypes 
  of 
  costaricerisis) 
  , 
  7814, 
  7815, 
  totaling 
  6 
  specimens. 
  Vene- 
  

   zuela 
  (Macuto): 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Nos. 
  93815-93817, 
  93820-93822, 
  93827, 
  

   totaling 
  16 
  specimens. 
  Colombia 
  (Eio 
  Dagua) 
  : 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  120217, 
  

   1 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Range. 
  — 
  ^West 
  Indies; 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  to 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  GOBIESOX 
  FULVUS 
  Meek 
  

  

  Gobiesox 
  fulvus 
  Meek, 
  Publ. 
  Field 
  Columbian 
  Mus., 
  zool. 
  ser., 
  vol. 
  7, 
  No. 
  5, 
  p. 
  149, 
  

   1907 
  (Cocos 
  Island). 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  were 
  studied: 
  Cocos 
  Island: 
  

   F. 
  M. 
  N. 
  H. 
  No. 
  6035 
  (type 
  of 
  fulvus) 
  ; 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  91832, 
  1 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  ; 
  U. 
  M. 
  M. 
  Z. 
  Nos. 
  131512 
  and 
  131513, 
  2 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Range. 
  — 
  Cocos 
  Island. 
  

  

  GOBIESOX 
  PUNCTULATUS 
  (Poey) 
  

  

  Sicyases 
  punctulatus 
  Poet, 
  Enumeratio 
  piscium 
  Cubensium, 
  p. 
  124, 
  1876 
  

   (Cuba). 
  — 
  Jordan, 
  Evekmann, 
  and 
  Clark, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1928, 
  pt. 
  

   2, 
  p. 
  490, 
  1930 
  (Cuba). 
  

  

  Gobiesox 
  punctulatus 
  Jordan 
  and 
  E\'ekmann, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fish, 
  for 
  

   1895, 
  App., 
  p. 
  492, 
  1896 
  (Cuba) 
  ; 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Bull. 
  47, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  2338, 
  1898 
  

   (Cuba). 
  — 
  Metzeiaak, 
  Bijd. 
  Dierk. 
  Feest.-Num. 
  70th 
  Geboortedag 
  van 
  Dr. 
  

   Max 
  Weber, 
  pt. 
  22, 
  p. 
  140, 
  1922 
  (Caracas 
  Bay). 
  

  

  Gobiesox 
  Jiaeres 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Bollman, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  11, 
  p. 
  552, 
  1889 
  

   (Green 
  Turtle 
  Cay, 
  Bahamas). 
  — 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Evebmann, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  

   Fish 
  and 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1895, 
  App., 
  p. 
  492, 
  1896 
  (Green 
  Turtle 
  Cay, 
  Bahamas) 
  ; 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Bull. 
  47, 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  2337, 
  1898 
  (Green 
  Turtle 
  Cay, 
  Bahamas). 
  

  

  Gobiesox 
  nudiis 
  Metzelaar, 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  fishes 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Boeke 
  in 
  the 
  

   Dutch 
  West 
  Indies 
  1904-1905, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  151, 
  1919 
  (Curasao 
  and 
  Bonaire). 
  

  

  Gobiesox 
  l[h]aeres 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Bollman=Gf. 
  punctulatus 
  (Poey), 
  Longley, 
  Car- 
  

   negie 
  Inst. 
  Washington, 
  Year 
  Book, 
  No. 
  33, 
  p. 
  271, 
  1934. 
  

  

  Gobiesox 
  vittatus 
  Mepzexaae, 
  Bijd. 
  Dierk. 
  Feest.-Num. 
  70th 
  Geboortedag 
  van 
  

   Dr. 
  Max 
  Weber, 
  pt. 
  22, 
  p. 
  140, 
  fig. 
  3, 
  1922 
  (Caracas 
  Bay 
  ).— 
  Jordan, 
  Evekmann, 
  

   and 
  Clark, 
  Rept. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1928, 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  489, 
  1930 
  (Curagao). 
  

  

  Sicyases 
  haeres 
  Jordan, 
  Eveemann, 
  and 
  Clark, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Comm. 
  Fish, 
  for 
  1928, 
  

   pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  490', 
  1930 
  (Green 
  Turtle 
  Cay, 
  Bahamas). 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  species 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  recognized 
  by 
  its 
  

   relatively 
  short, 
  thick 
  and 
  deep 
  body 
  giving 
  it 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   robustness. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  S. 
  F. 
  Hildebrand 
  kindly 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  notes 
  made 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Longley 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  at 
  Amsterdam 
  on 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  

   Gobiesox 
  vittatus 
  Metzelaar, 
  which 
  follow 
  : 
  

  

  T. 
  L. 
  [total 
  length] 
  29.0 
  mm., 
  D. 
  11, 
  A. 
  7. 
  P. 
  1^20, 
  orbit 
  2.0 
  mm. 
  Interorbital 
  

   2.0 
  mm., 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  sucking 
  disk 
  crenulated, 
  the 
  units 
  not 
  stalked. 
  The 
  

   nasal 
  cirrus 
  small, 
  expanded, 
  doubly 
  pointed. 
  Opercular 
  cleft 
  extending 
  up 
  to 
  

  

  