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short, about 2* in head. Color in life olivaceous, with numerous paler 

 spots and broad diffuse dark bars; the whole body covered with rather 

 faint, wavy, longitudinal stripes or lines of a light orange-brown color, 

 about as wide as the interspace, much as in some species of Liparis, 

 these entirely di8;tpp(>aring in alcohol; skin everywhere with dark punctu- 

 lations; caudal' dusky, slightly barred with paler, its tip abruptly yel- 

 lowish; dorsal and anal dusky, the darker parts correspouding to dark 

 bars on the body, barred. A rather large species. Length 2 to 4 inches. 

 Common among ballast rocks, from Pensacola Bay north to Charleston. 

 Our specimens from Pensacola and Charleston. (virgatulas, narrowly 

 striped. ) 



Oohiesox virgatulus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 293, Pensacola, Florida 

 (Coll. Jordan & Stearus) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 958, 1883 ; Goode & Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 236; Jordan, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mua. 1884, 149. 



2668. GOBIESOX ADUSTUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3; depth 51. D. 9; A. 7. Head and body broad and flat, much de- 

 pressed; width of head nearly equal to its length, 3| in body. Incisors 

 in middle of lower jaw entire, broad; those in upper jaw narrow, blunt, 

 little compressed, entire, shorter than the lateral teeth; behind these 2 or 

 3 series of smaller teeth. Eyes rather large, separated by a broad interor- 

 bital space, which is i length of head and about i greater than diameter 

 of eye. Opercular spine sharp. Pectoral short, about i length of head; 

 ventral disk as loug as head; distance from base of caudal to front of 

 dorsal equaling i\ of the length ; caudal rounded behind. Brown, banded 

 with blackish on body, head marbled with darker brown ; front of dorsal 

 black, the fins dusky with darker points. Pacific Coast of Mexico. Three 

 specimens, the largest about 2 inches long, were obtained in a tide pool at 

 Mazatlau. {adustus, scorched; brown.) 



Gobiesox adustus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 360, Mazatlan, Mexico; 

 Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 627 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Comm. 1882, 108. 



2669. GOBIESOX FUNEBBIS, Gilbert. 



Body rather slender, its width 5 in length ; width of head 3i to nearly 

 4; head 2| to 3 in length; depth ^ head. U. 9; A. 6 or 7. Teeth in upper 

 jaw conical, in several series, unequal but without canines; in lower jaw 

 mesially in 2 series, the outer of narrow, entire incisors, truncate or 

 rounded, without lateral canines. Interorbital space wide, 3 in head, the 

 eye small, ^ interorbital width Mouth very wide, i or more thau 4 length 

 of head. Ventral disk wider than loug, its length 14 to If in head. No 

 evident opercular spine. Distance from front of dorsal to base of caudal 

 2| to 3 in length anterior to dorsal; distance from vent to front of anal 

 fin 14 to If in distance from vent to disk; base of dorsal from 1^ to 1^ in 

 head; base of anal about 4 head; caudal rounded. If to If in head; pec- 

 torals 3J in head. Color varyiug from dark olive brown to black, every- 

 where covered with fine, yellowish vermiculations, usually arranged to 



