Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 2231 



reaching vertical from front of pupil, 2i in length of head. Snout short, 

 f diameter of orbit, which is 3 in head. Jaws with an outer series of long, 

 distant, canine-like teeth, and an inner series or a narrow hand of minute 

 teeth. Dorsal spines 6, the 2 anterior greatly elongate, not free, in our 

 largest specimen extending beyond middle of soft dorsal; membrane from 

 last dorsal spine reaching to, or nearly to, base of first soft ray; soft 

 dorsal rather high, the tin long; caudal rounded, less than length of 

 head; ventrals free from belly, fully united; pectorals short, the upper 

 rays not free nor silk-like. Scales of moderate size, ctenoid, covering entire 

 trunk, with possible exception of the nape ; the scales are readily cadu- 

 cous, and are lacking on mipe and frequently on anterior third of body in 

 our specimens. Color light coral red, anteriorly with 4 to 6 narrow blue 

 bands not reaching ventral outline, the jiosterior ones growing narrower 

 and fainter; a blue streak upward and backward from each orbit, the 2 

 uniting on occiput ; a transverse interorbital bar, a continuation of which 

 encircles the orbit anteriorly; below orbit, a blue bar consisting of 2 

 portions, 1 running downward and obliquely backward, the other upward 

 and backward; in the largest specimen a blue streak runs from occiput 

 along profile to front of dorsal; the first blue bar runs from nape 

 obliquely downward and forward, ending on opercle; the second verti- 

 cally downward from front of spinous dorsal, the third under middle of 

 spinous dorsal, the remaining bars under soft dorsal; fins unmarked. 

 Several small specimens, the largest 1 inch long, from Albatross Station 

 3001, in 33 fathoms. A single slightly larger example dredged by Dr. W. H. 

 Dall, in about 35 fathoms, ofi" Catalina Harbor, California. Probably the 

 tyi)e of a distinct geuus distinguished by the many-rayed fins and the form 

 of the body and head. (Named for its discoverer, William Healey Dall.) 



Gobius dixHt, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 73, Albatross Station 3001, Lower Cali- 

 fornia {CoU.. Albatross) ; Catalina Harbor (Coll. W. H. Dall). 



814. GARMANNIA, Jordan &, Evermann. 



(Half-naked Gobies.) 



Garmannia, Jordan & Ev^ermann, Proc. Cal. Ac. Soi. 1895, 495, pi. 49 (2>aradoxus). 

 £nypnias, Jordan & Evermann, new subgenus (seinimidus) . 



Anterior half of body naked; posterior half covered witli moderate or 

 small scales; teeth rather strong, unequal, usually 2 small curved canines 

 in front. Very small gobies. Otherwise essentially as in Go6/*(s. ("Named 

 for Mr. Samuel Garman, the accomplished ichthyologist of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass., in recognition of his important 

 contributions to ichthyology.") 



Garmannia : 

 a. Scales moderate. 



6. Scales ctenoid, 13 or 14 series developed ; first dorsal spine filamentous ; D. "VI- 



11; A. 9. Body rather robust, the depth about 4| in length; the head 3J; 



lower jaw with 2 curved cauiues. paradoxa, 2560. 



66. Scales smaller, 17 series developed; depth 4| in length. D. VI-10; A. 8; first 



dorsal spine not filamentous; lower jaw with small canines. 



HEMIQTMNA, 2561. 



