Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America, 2337 



Incisors in both jaws, entire and rather broad, the lateral teeth, as usual, 

 pointed; no canines. Eyes very large, considerably wider than the nar- 

 row iuterorbital area, 3^ in head; iuterorbital area nearly 5 in head. 

 Ventral disk a little longer than head, 2| in body. Pectoral about \ 

 length of head. Distance from front of dorsal to caudal, 3i in body. 

 Caudal truncate, with rounded edges. Light olivaceous; body with 3 or 

 4 bars of cherry red; head marbled with red; eyes intensely cherry red, 

 their upper border blackish; fins pale, the upper mottled with reddish; 

 caudal barred with red. Two specimens, 1^ inches long, taken in a rock 

 liool at Mazatlan; also recorded from the Tres Marias Islands. (epvQpo^, 

 red ; o5^, eye. ) 



Gobiesox erythrops,JoRDAii &. Gilbert, Proc. U. .S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 320, Mazatlan, Mexico 

 (Type, No. 29248. Coll. Gilbert) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Piali Comm. 1882, 108 ; 

 Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, in Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 499. 



2675. GOBIESOX RUBIGINOSUS (Poey). 



D. 6 or 7 ; A. 6 ; V. 4 ; P. 25. Head 3, including caudal, its greatest width 

 twice its height; eye 2 in interorbital width. Body slender; head semi- 

 oval, obtuse; distance from front of dorsal to caudal 1^ in length, includ- 

 ing caudal; dorsal opposite anal, beginning at fourth seventh of total 

 length ; mouth terminal ; teeth not examined by Poey. Color red, with 

 12 dark bands and with many scattered spots of clear blue on the body; 

 eyes with a red circle. Length 22 mm. Cuba (Poey); not seen by us; 

 locally common at Matanzas; perhaps a sjiecies of Arhaciosa. (ri(Mfjinosu8, 

 reddish.) 



Sicijases rubiginosus, POEY, Synopsis, 391, 1868, wharves of Palmasola, Matanzas, 

 Cuba (Coll. Poey) ; Poey, Eniimeratio, 124, 1875. 



2676. GOBIESOX CARNEUS (Poey). 



Head rounded ; body very slender ; eyes large, as wide as interorbital 

 si>ace; mouth inferior; teeth not examined by Poey. Color pale red, with 

 some white specks and bands. Length 22 mm. Otherwise essentially as 

 m Gohiesox rubiginosKS. (Poey.) Matanzas; a doubtful species, {carneus, 

 flesh-colored.) 



Sicyases carneus, Poey, Synopsis, 392, 1868, wharves of Palmasola, Matanzas, Cuba (Coll. 

 Poey) ; Poey, Ennmeratio, 124, 1875. 



2677. GOBIESOX lI.ERES, Jordan & Bollman. 



Head 2f (3} in total); depth 6 (7^). D. 9; A. 6. Body rather slender; 

 head low and broad, greatest breadth not quite equal to length, its anterior 

 margin not so broadly rounded as in G. viri/atulus. Eyes very small, If 

 in iuterorbital space, .5 in head; interorbital bone appearing convex, least 

 width 3+ in head and about equal to length of snout; cleft of mouth ex- 

 tending to beyond middle of eye; lower jaw included; teeth uniserial, 

 those of upper jaw all canines, the first 3 on each side small, but becom- 

 ing larger outward, next 3 or 4 much larger, rest smaller than those in 

 front; anterior teeth of lower jaw entire incisors, which have on each side 



