Jordan and Ever niann. — Fishes of N'orth America. 2225 



opening- not continued forward above operclc; first dorsal with 2 or 3 

 8i)ines filamentous, the longest reaching- past the middle of the second 

 dorsal, which is of moderate height and similar to the anal; caudal lono- 

 and pointed, \ longer than the head; pectoral as long as head, about 

 reaching front of anal; upper rays of pectorals not silk-like; ventrals 

 somewhat shorter than head, their insertion below front of pectorals; 

 scales large, rough, those on nape, pectoral region, and belly reduced in 

 size; head naked. Color in life, dark olive, with 4 or 5 irregular confluent 

 Idackish cross bands, besides darlc blotches and irregular markings; head 

 marbled with darker, the jaws, opercles, and brauchiostegals blackish; 

 first dorsal mostly dusky transluceut, somewhat barred; second dorsal 

 and anal plain dusky; caudal dark hlue, with 2 longitudinal stripes of 

 bright red; pectoral finely barred or reticulated with blackish and pale; 

 head and belly yellowish. Female specimens duller and paler. Gulf of 

 Mexico, from Galveston to Cuba and the Lesser * Antilles ; rather common. 

 (lyrieiis, pertaining to a lyre, apparently an allusion to the dorsal spines.) 



Gohius lyricus, GiRAKD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1858, 169, Brazos Santiago, Texas ; 



GiEARD, TJ. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., 25, pi. 12, figs. 4 and 5, 1859; GOnther, Cat., iii, 



550, 1861; Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 496; Eigenmann &, Eigenjiaxn, I. c, 63. 

 Smaragdus costalesi, Poey, Memorias, n, 280, 1861, Havana. (Type, No. 13109, M. C. Z. 



Coll. Felipe Poey.) 

 Gohius witrdemanni, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1858, 169, Brazos Santiago; 



probably the female; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 634. t 

 EuetcngoMus lyricus. Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 633, 1883. 



2549. GOBIUS GAR.MAM, Eigenmann k, Eigenmann. 



Head 4 in length (.5i in total); depth 4 (5^). D. VI-11; A. 11; scales 

 30-7. Body robust, head short and blunt ; profile in front of eye abruptly 

 decurved, rounded much as in Gohius hoJeosoma; mouth inferior, horizon- 

 tal; lower jaw incliuled; maxillary extending to below jiupil, 2^ in head; 

 lips thin; teeth short and thick, in a single series in each jaw. Dorsals 

 contiguous; dorsal spines filamentous, the second and third longer than 

 the rest, reaching past first third of second dorsal; last dorsal rays reach- 

 ing base of caudal ; pectorals equaling head in length ; ventral short and 

 broad, .5 in body ; caudal rather long and pointed, 3 in body. Scales large, 

 slightly reduced and cycloid on nape. Color yellowish, marbled with 

 brown; a series of irregular blotches along the sides; a light sjiot at base 



* A specimen from St. Kitts is thus described by Eigenmann: "Depth 5 in length; head 

 4. The second and third dorsal spines extend to base of caudal; dorsal scarcely less than 

 length of head, the last rays reacliing past base of caudal; the caudal fin is § longer than 

 the head, 2J in body. Color light brown, faintly marked with darker; the first dorsal 

 with minute dark points, the lower fourth of the spines with simple dark spots, above 

 which are jet-black sjiots ocellated with white; the second dorsal fin dusky, darker pos- 

 teriorly, the basal portion of the last half of the fin evenly black, tiie anterior 4 rays marked 

 with dark ])oints similar to the spots on the lower jiarts of the spines of the first dorsal; 

 caudal dusky, with 2 light bars: aiial plain, darker than bodj'; ventral fins blackish, 

 edged with white; pectorals blackish, with many series of white spots on the membrane, 

 and short, white bars at base; branchiostegal membrane black, with a light margin. 



\ Gohius xfurdemanni, Girard. Appearance of Gohius lyricus. Keddish brown, ob- 

 scurely barred with dusky. Head larger; caudal shorter; ventrals shorter; anal lower; 

 scales smaller than in G. lyricus .- teeth very slender, much smaller than in Of. lyricus ; 

 third dorsal spine filamentous. D. VI-11 ; A. 12. Brazos Santiago, Texas. (Girard.) 

 (Named for Dr. Gustav Wiirdemann, its collector.) 



