2394 Bulletin ^7, United States National Museum, 



Ghasmodes saburrce, Evermann & Bean, Fishes of Indian lliver, Florida, iu Kept. U. S. 



Fish Coram. 189C, 247; not of Jop.dan X- Gilbert. 

 Ghasmodes novemUneatus, GiJNTHEU, Cat., ili, 229, 1861. 



2745. CHASMODKS BOS^UIANUS (LacepMe). 



Head SI; depth 31. D. XI, 19; A. II, 19. Orbital tentacle very miunte 

 or wanting; maxlllaiy extending to rather beyond eye; interocular space 

 very narrow, not concave. Dorsal fin not emarginate, the spines slender. 

 Dorsal joined to base of caudal; anal free. Color (in male) olive green, 

 with abont 9 horizontal narrow blue lines, those somewhat irregular and 

 interrupted, converging backward; opercular membrane and a broad 

 stripe through middle of spinous dorsal deep orange yellow ; anal fin dark, 

 the rays with white membranaceous tips ; female dark olive green, reticu- 

 lated with narrow, pale green lines, and with several broad dark bars, 

 which are more distinct posteriorly^; vertical fins similarly marked; head 

 finely dotted with black; a dusky spot at base of caudal in both sexes. 

 New York to Florida ; common southward in shallow water. (Named for 

 M. Bosc, who collected at Charleston for Lacepede.) 



Blennnis bosqiiianuB. LACEPiiDE, Nat. Hist. Poiss., n, 493, 1800 (female). South Carolina. 



(Coll. Bosc.) 

 ?Pholis quadrifasciatus, Wood, Joiirn. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 282, locality imkuown, 



probahly South Carolina. (Coll. Rubens Peale.) 

 Ghasmodes bosciamis, GiJNTHER, Cat , UL 229, 1861. 

 Ghasiiiodes bosquianus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 756, 1883. 



889. HOMESTHES, Gilbert, new genus. 



Sovicstlies, Gilbert, new genus (caulopus). 



Difiering from H!ij)sohlen)iius chiefly in the presence of 4 articulated ven- 

 tral rays instead of 3, as usual in Blcnniinw. We have examined the ven- 

 trals of IIii2)8oh1cnniiis striatus, pnnctaius, ionthas, fjentilis, and {/ilhrti, and 

 have found them to consist constantly of 1 short, strong spine and 3 simple 

 articulated rays. In Romcsihes caulopus there is 1 strong, short spine and 

 4 well-developed .simple jointed rays, (ojnd^, uniform; tdOt'co, to eat.) 



2740. HOMESTHES CAULOPUS, Gilbert, new species. 



Head 3| in length; deptli at base of veutrals 4. at middle of abdomen 

 3|; least depth of caudal peduncle J length of head; snont 4; eye 4 to 

 4^. D. XII, 15 or 16; A. II, 17; P. 14. Longest dorsal spine 2|; last dorsal 



opercnla, etc., and base of the pectoral fins, finely spotted witli bhiish black, the spots 

 being larger on the front and opercula; branchial opening extremely small, extending 

 i of the length of the external curve of the operculum; mouth descending little; gape 

 moderate; .sides of the liead fleshy; body compressed; rib spaces evident; sides with 

 9 longitudinal whitish lines, some of which are interrupted; behind the eye and under 

 the dorsal fln are 2 irregular whitish patches; dorsal tin commencing before the pectoral 

 fins; between the first and second rays is an irregular blackish spot, several of the fol- 

 lowing rays are also spotted, the color of the spots becoming lighter as they recede 

 toward the tail, where they mingle with the dusky color of the fin and are lost; fin ris- 

 ing i)osteriorly, and .joining the caudal fin at about ^ the distance from its extremity; 

 anal fin commencing under the termination of the pectoral fin, and extending nearly to 

 the tail; caudal fln rounded; ventral fins 2-rayed; pectoral fins rather large, the base 

 thick and fleshy, finely spotted with bluish black; anus small, tubercle small; color 

 brownish, fins dusky. D. 30; C. 123; A. 20; V, 2; P. 13. Length 34 inches ; depth, exclu- 

 sive of the dorsal fln, hardly 1 inch." 



