104. GOBIIDyE — GOBIUS. 
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not very blunt. Ja\vs even. IVIoutli somewhat oblique; maxillary ex- 
teudiug to opposite the pupil; isthmus very wide. Dorsals well se^ia- 
rated, the second somewhat longer thau the first; anal short, inserted 
behind front of second dorsal; ventrals not reaching to vent; pectorals 
broad and rounded, reaching vent; dorsal spines not filiform. Head 
3J; depth about 4. D. YI-11; A. 11; Lat. 1. 30. Saint Joseph’s Island, 
Tex. [Girard.) 
(Gobius catulus Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichtli. 1859, 2G.) 
343.— EUCTEIVOGOBiUS Gill. 
(Gill, Anu. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. vii, 45, 1859: type JEuctcnoffobius badius Gill.) 
This genus differs from Gohius in the dentition, the teeth being- 
pointed, in a single series in the upper jaw and in a very narrow baud 
in the lower, (ed, well; zre:?-, comb; Gobius; from the ctenoid sgales.) 
OS3. E. Hyricsas (Grd.) J. & G. 
Brownish, obscurely barred with darker. Body oblong-elongate, 
tapering slightly from occiput to caudal iieduncle. Head oblong, com- 
pressed. Snout very blunt; profile in front of eyes nearly vertical. 
IMouth moderate, nearly horizontal; maxillary reaching beyond middle 
of orliit. Teeth conical, rather strong, in two rows in front of lower 
jaw, in one on the side, and in one in the upper jaw. Fins all high; 
middle rays of spinous dorsal produced; caudal lanceolate; pectoral 
reaching beymud tips of ventrals, which reach the vent. Head 4;| in 
length; depth about 4;^. D. VI-11 ; A. 11 ; Lat 1. 32. Itio Grande. 
(Gobius ly?icus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1858, 169: Gobius hjricus Giintlicr, 
iii, 550.) 
314. — Cr®2iSlJS Linuseiis. 
Gabies. 
(Artedi; LiimaBUS, Syst. Nat.: type Gobius nicjer 'L.) 
Body oblong or elongate, compressed behind. Head oblong, more or 
less depressed. Eyes high, anterior, close together; opercles unarmed. 
IMouth moderate. Teeth on jaws only, conical, in several series, those in 
the o-uter row enlarged; no canines; i.sthraus broad. Scales n^)derate, 
ctenoid; cheeks usually naked; belly generally scaly. Dorsal usually 
with G spines; pectorals large; ventrals completely united, not adnate 
to the belly; caudal fin usually obtuse. Species very numerous. Onr 
species ai-e very little known, and some of them may not belong to this 
genus. Latin, or G'o&io, a name applied to the gudgeon 
[Gohio fiuviatilis) and to other small fishes; allied to Cobitis, chub, etc.) 
*Body entirely scaly. 
a. Upper rays of pectorals partly free, finely branched, silk-like. 
