2232 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



Enypnias (eVuTTHos, in one's sleep) : 

 aa. Scales excessively minute; body slender, the dcptli 6 in length. D. VI-15; A. 10; 

 dorsal spines not filamentous ; lower jaw with 2 small curved canines in front. 



SEMINUDA, 2562. 

 Subgenus GARMANNIA. 

 2500. GAKMAWIA PARADOXA (Giinther). 



Head about 3.i (ii in total) ; dfptli about -ij (5j with caudal). D. VI-ll ; 

 A. 9; scales IJ.. Head nearly as broad as high, its width being rather 

 more than \ of its length. Eyes rather close together, of moderate size. 

 Snout obtuse, rounded, as long as the eye; cleft of the mouth slightly 

 obli(iue, with the jaws equal in length, and with maxillary extending to 

 below middle of the eye. Teeth in villiform bands; 2 curved canine 

 teeth on each side of the lower jaw. Head and trunk entirely naked to 

 between second dorsal and anal, the remainder covered with ctenoid scales 

 of moderate size, 9 or 10 of them in 1 of the anterior transverse series. 

 First dorsal spine elongate, filiform, sometimes extending to the base of 

 the caudal; caudal rounded, shorter than head; none of pectoral rays 

 silk-like; ventral terminating at a great distance from vent. Blackish 

 in spirits; caudal and ventral fins black, dorsal hlament whitish. (Giin- 

 ther. ) Panama to Mazatlan ; scarce. Our single specimen from the estuary 

 at Mazatlan differs somewhat from Dr. Glinther's account. It is thus 

 described: Head 31; depth 4^. D. VI-ll; A. 9; scales 12; eye 4 in 

 head; snout 4^; jjectoral \\ in head; dorsal spine \\. Form of Gobi- 

 osoma hosci. Body compressed; head broad and depressed, with tumid 

 cheeks; snout not very blunt, short, oblique-truncate; eyes rather large, 

 high, the maxillary not produced, extending to their posterior margin ; 

 mouth largo, oblique; lower jaw heavy, slightly projecting; teeth strong; 

 gill openings narrow, not wider than base of pectoral. First dorsal rather 

 high, the first spine filamentous, reaching past soft dorsal; other fins low. 

 Head and anterior half of body to front of soft dorsal naked; scattering 

 scales coming in above, 12 rows of imbricated slightly ctenoid scales 

 along median line of caudal peduncle and forward to middle of soft dorsal, 

 the scaled area about as long as head, the upper parts better scaled than 

 lower. No flaps on shoulder girdle. Olivaceous, with 7 or 8 dark cross 

 shades, 2 on head, 1 across gill openings, 1 behind pectoral, and a broad 1 

 below soft dorsal; dorsals dusky, the filamentous ray ^link; lower half 

 of soft dorsal yellowish, upper dusky; lower fins black; caudal dusky; a 

 dark speck at angle of opercle; skin everywhere punctate with black; a 

 pale olive bar at base of caudal. Skull without median crest ; interorbital 

 space not concave; head not very abruptly widened behind eyes. Pacific 

 coast of Mexico and Central America. One specimen, 1^ inches long, 

 recently obtained on muddy bottoms among the mangroves lining the 

 estuary at Mazatlan. {paradoxus, paradox.) 



Gubius paradoxus, Guntheu, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend. 1861, 3, west coast Central America; 



Glnthee, Cat., ui, 549, 1861; Jordan & Eigenmann, Proc TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 498. 

 Oarmannia paradoxa, Jokdan, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 497, pi. 59. 



