G34 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
9§-l. O. soporator Cuv. & Val. 
Dark brownish-olive, marbled with darker, and with lighter dots 
along the series of scales; tins all blackish, ttie dorsal and caudal more 
or less distinctly barred; a dark blotch on temporal region. Body 
rather stout. Eye ratlier large, slightly less than snout. Head rathej- 
broader than high. Mouth rather largo; jaws equal ; maxillary to mitl- 
dle of eye. Cheeks naked; scales on nape much smaller than those on 
body; opercle not longer than eye; distance of tirst dorsal from eye 
equals that of snout from preopercle; upper rays of pectoral silk-like, 
the fin not quite as long as caudal, shorter than head; ventrals not 
reaching the vent, their basal membranes very broad. Head 3; depth 
4f. D. YI-I, 9: A. I, 8; Lat. 1. 35; 1. trans. 13. Both coasts of Mex- 
ico; very abundant southward, north to Florida. 
(Cuv. & Val. xii, 5G; Giiuther, iii, 26.) 
9§5. cas’oSsiaeaasas Gill. 
Blackish-brown, indistinctly marked with lighter; a darker spot at 
base of caudal; a few light spots on operculum; fins purplish. Head 
41 ill total length (with caudal); depth about 5; caudal peduncle 4 of 
total length, its height 4 of the same; eye 4 in length of head; upper 
rays of pectorals silk-like; caudal -4 total length, as long as iiectoral. 
D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 8; Lat. 1. 38; L. tr. 14; P. 18. {Gill) Charleston, 
S. C.; the type now destroyed; probably identical with G. soporator. 
(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 268.) 
986. G. gMSosHS Grd. 
Olivaceous, with transverse black spots on the back and longitudinal 
ones on the head. Snout subconical, the mouth very large, oblique, the 
lower jaw included; maxillary extending beyond the orbit. Eyes small, 
superior, their length 5 in head, twice the interocnlar space ; isthmus 
moderate. Dorsals well separated, the first with some rays filiform; 
dorsal and anal barely reaching base of caudal ; ventrals reaching 
vent; pectorals longer than ventrals; caudal rounded ;■ scales mod- 
erate. Head nearly one-fourth the total length. D. VI-15; A. 15. 
Indiauola, Tex. {Girard.) 
(Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Iclith. 1859, 26.) 
98 y. G. wiii’cloiiiaiisei Grd. 
Appearance of Gohius li/ricus. Eeddish-brown, obscurely barred with 
dusky. Head larger; caudal shorter; ventrals shorter; anal lower; 
scales smaller than in G. h/ricus ; teeth very slender, much smaller 
than in G. lyriciis. Third dorsal spine filamentous. D. Yl-11; A. 12. 
