Jordan ajid Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 2333 



2fi65. OOBIESOX TUDES, Richardson. 



Head 2A; deptli 4:3; width of head 2i. D. 8; A. 6 iu plate (5 iu the 

 description, the first short ray apparently not counted by Richardson). 

 Head A^ery broad, as l)road as lon^f, abruptly truncated anteriorly; mouth 

 large, the maxillary reaching front of eye; lower jaw included; teeth 

 entire; eye large, 4 J iu head, a little more than \ interorbital width, 1^ 

 in snout. Distance from front of dorsal to caudal about equal to length 

 of head; insertion of dorsal before vent; the anal behind dorsal and much 

 shorter than it; pectorals short. Color uniform, probably greenish, with- 

 out spots or stripes. Length 5 inches. Locality " unknown, but supposed 

 to be from China." (Richardson.) The species is, however, certainly not 

 Chinese and is more likely to be from the West Indies. This species dif- 

 fers from Gobiesox cephalus, as described by Giinther, in the larger eye and 

 shorter dorsal. It is probably the same species, {tudes, hammer.) 



Gobiesox tudes, ElCHAKDSON, Voy. Sulphur, Fish., 103, pi. 46, tigs. 1-3, 1845, habitat 

 unknown, erroneously supposed to be China. 



266e. GOBIESOX STRUMOSUS, Cope. 



D. 11; A. 10; C. 16; P. 21. Head extremely wide, its width 2§ iu total 

 length; this width partly produced by a large fleshy mass extending from 

 end of maxillary to end of interopercle ; eye small ; profile of head descend- 

 ing abruptly from posterior line of orbits. Superior dental series 12 

 on each side, externally, but the 3 median teeth conceal some series of 

 which the second 3 external teeth are a continuation ; inferior teeth 

 11 on each side; 4 median incisors horizontal and subequal; no marked 

 canine. Bluish plumbeous, fius blackish. (Cope.) Hilton Head, South 

 Carolina, and Indian River, Florida; 4 specimens recently taken at Titus- 

 ville by Evermann & Bean; apparently distinguished from G. virgatuhis 

 by its longer anal, {strwmosus, from struma, a scrofulous tumor, alluding 

 to the swollen cheek.) 



Gobiesox itrumosus. Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1870, 121, Hilton Head, South Caro- 

 lina; Jordan & Gu^bert, Synopsis, 749, 1883; Evermann &. Bean, Fishes of Indian 

 Eiver, Florida, in Eepi. U. S. Fish Coram. 1896, 248. 



2667. (JOBIESOX VIRGATULDS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 2| (3?^ with caudal); width of head 3i; depth 6 (7 in total). D. 

 10; A. 8 or 9; vertebne 10 -f- 16^26. Body rather slender, the head low and 

 rather broad, broadly rounded anteriorly; eyes very small, about 4 to 6 

 in head, about 2h in interorbital width; interorbital space broad, slightly 

 convex. Cheeks prominent; opercle ending in a sharp spine. Cleft of 

 mouth extending to below front of orbit; lower jaw somewhat shorter 

 than upper. Teeth of tipper jaw in a narrow band of about 2 series; 4 

 teeth of outer series a little larger than the rest, somewhat canine-like; 

 middle teeth of lower jaw incisor-like and partly horizontal, their edges 

 entire or somewhat concave. Ventral disk considerably shorter than head. 

 Distance from root of caudal to front of dorsal 2* in length. Pectoral 



