294 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



GOBIID.E. 



105. Lepidogobius gulosus (Girard) J. AG. V. (?,G^A-i.) 



Three specimens obtained in the "Laguna Grande" at Pensacoki, the 

 longest 2f inches in lengtli. 



Coloration in life light, grayish olive, Avith rather sharply-detined 

 markings of darker brown; head with a pale bluish stripe from behind 

 the angle of the month upward and forward parallel with the gape to 

 below the front of eye, then turning abruptly backward across suborbi- 

 tal region to upper edge of gill opening; another pale streak from snout 

 along lower part of eye; betiveen this and tlie first streak a dusky area ; 

 below the first-mentioned streak a dusky region on cheeks ; opercle 

 with an oblique blackish bar; top of head with dark marblings sur- 

 rounded by paler reticulations ; back with a series of black cross-blotches, 

 mostly separated on the median line; two narrow vertical dark bars 

 behind i^ectoral; middle line of side posteriorly with longitudinally 

 oblong black blotches ; besides these numerous other blotches not regu- 

 larly arranged. First dorsal with two or three oblique black bands ; 

 second dorsal pale, with about four series of black dots ; caudal spotted 

 with black, pectoral yellowish, ventral black, its center yellowish; anal 

 pale; lower side of head pale ; jaws dusky. 



Head o-^ {U in total) ; depth 5 (6). D. YI-15 ; A. IG ; Lat. 1. about 42. 



Body elongate, moderately compressed. Head long and large, low, 

 rather sharp in i)rofile. Eyes large, placed high and close together, 4 

 in head. Snout short, ii in head. Mouth large, very oblique, the lower 

 jaw strongly projecting, the maxillary extending to below middle of 

 pupil, its length 2^ in head. 



Teeth in few series, those of the outer row very long, slender, and 

 curved, those of the lower jaw longest. 



Gill membranes not continued forward above opercle. Scales small, 

 cycloid, imbedded. Head, nape, and breast scaleless ; scales of anterior 

 part of body not well developed. 



Dorsal spines slender, the tips of the longest somewhat filamentous, 

 although short, the longest about half head. Soft rays a little higher 

 than the spines. Soft dorsal and anal unusually long. Caudal x)ointed, 

 about as long as head. Pectorals about 1^ in head, their upper rays not 

 "silk-like." Yentrals about as long as pectorals, their insertion directly 

 below front of pectorals. 



106. Gobius lyricus (Girard) J. & G. G. (30897.) 



A single specimen about 3^ inches long, taken with a dip-net in a 

 brackish pool at Galveston. 



Subgenus Euctenoijohlus Gill. 



Color in life dark olive, with 4 or 5 irregular confluent blackish cross- 

 bauds, besides dark blotches and irregular markings. Head marbled 



