2218 Bulletin 4.7, United States National Museum. 



Gobmsli7ieatu», Jenyns, Zool. Voy. Beagle, 95, pi. 19. fig. 2, 1842, Galapagos Archipelago. 



(Coll. Charles Darwin.) 

 Gobius catulus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1858, 169, St. Joseph Island, Texas; 



GiRARD, U. S. and Mex. Bound. Survey, Zool., 26, pi. 12, flga. 9 and 10, 1859 ; Jordan & 



ElGENMANN, I.e., 493. 



Oobius mapo, Poet, Memorias, ii, 277, 1861, Cuba ; Poey, Synopsis, 392, 1868. 



Go&iws lacertm, Poey, Memorias, ii, 278, 1861, Cuba ; Poey, Synopsis, 392, 1868; Poey, Enu- 



meratio, 125,1876. 

 Gobius andrei, SAUVAGE, Bull. Soo. Philom., Ser. 7, iv, 44, 1880, Rio Guayas, Ecuador. 



(Coll. Andr6.) 

 Gobius carolinensis, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1863, 268, Charleston, South Carolina ; 



Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 634, 1883. 

 Gobius brunneus, Poey, Synopsis, 393, 1868, Havana ; name preoccupied. 

 Evorthodus calulus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 632, 1883. 



Accordin"- to Dr. Ei.nenmann, Golins aliojmnctaius of the Western Pacific 

 can not be separated from GohUts soporator. In this case several other 

 synonyms should be added. 



Subgenus CTENOGOBIUS, Gill. 



2537. GOBIUS NICHOLSII, Bean. 



Head 3i to 3? ; depth 5 to SJ. D. VI-I, 12 to 14; A. I, 11; scales 25 or 

 26-10. Body compressed; Avidth of head about twice in its length. 

 Mouth oblique, the maxillary reaching to front of pupil, 2^ to 3 in head; 

 lower jaw very slightly produced. Teeth present on both jaws; the outer 

 series of long, conical teeth, placed at a considerable distance apart; the 

 enlarged teeth on lower jaw not extending on the sides; the inner series 

 of a band of small teeth. luterorbital space very narrow, equaling pupil. 

 Snout 4 to 4^ in head. Eyes large, placed high, 3 to 3^ in head. Caudal 

 l)eduncle 2f to 3^ in head. Scales large, caducous, ctenoid; lacking on 

 head, nape, and fins. Dorsal spines slender, flexible; base of first dorsal 

 If to 2 in head; soft dorsal and anal similar; base of anal Ii to 1^ in base 

 of soft dorsal, and 1;^ to IJ in head; ventrals 1^ to If in head, inserted 

 below or slightly behind origin of pectorals; pectorals reaching a con- 

 siderable distance beyond ventrals, 1,V to IJ in head; caudal rounded, 

 not equaling head. Color in spirits, light yellowish brown, with traces 

 of darker, lighter below; ventrals usually dusky; spinous dorsal nar- 

 rowly margined with black; second dorsal finely checkered in adult; 

 other fins yellowish, not distinctly marked. Length 2 to 3| inches. 

 Coast of British Columbia; not rare. Here described from 5 specimens 

 from Albatross Station 2944, numbered 66 in the L. S. Jr. Univ. Museum. 

 (Named for Capt. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., its discoverer.) 



Gobius nicholsii, Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881,409, Departure Bay, British Columbia; 

 Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 946, 1883; Jord.vn &. Eigenjiann, i.e., 494. 



2538. GOBIUS EIGENMANNI, Garmau. 



D. VIl-12; A. 13; P. 19; scales 27-7. Body rather stout, body cavity 

 more than i the length from snout to base of caudal. Head tj of the total 

 length or 4 of the distance to the caudal base, blunt and rounded anteriorly, 

 very narrow between the eyes, slightly compressed. Eyes large, i of the 



