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175. Eleotris pisonis Gmoliii. (!i(<(ri)in. 



(Ehotris (jjjriniis Poey. CiiJ tux iter uUjer Cope.) 



These three s])e(',ies are coniiiion in the Kio Almendares near Havana, 

 from which locality many specimens were obtained. My material has 

 been discussed in a paper on the EJeotriclinoc by Eigenman and Fordice 

 in the Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884. 



176. Erotelis smaragdus Cuv. & Val. 



{Erotdiii raloicicinicbi Poey.) 



A marine species. 



177. Gobius oceanicus Pallas. Esmeralda 



(GohioneUi(s lanceohdus ami (rohioticUus hacalaus ( ^) Poey.) 



178. Gobhts smaragdus Cnv. & Val. 



Less common. A specimen identical with these from Cuba was ob- 

 tained at Saint Augustine, Fla., by Prof. O. P. Hay. This is the first 

 record of the species from the coast of the United States. 



179. Gobius stigniaticus Poey. 

 Common. 



Gobius encccomus Jordan & Gilbert is very close to this species, the 

 only tangible differences being iu the color. 



180. Chonephorus* taiasica LicliteD stein. 



' {IUntio(jobiiis lyuccidevtus and Rh. contractus Poey. Gobius banana and mar- 



iiiiicuN C. & V.) 



Common in the Rio Almendares. 



I am unable to see any specific difference between my Cuban speci- 

 mens and others from Lower California and the West Indies. Sexual 

 variations in the size of the mouth and head seem to account for the 

 sui)posed distinctions between Gobius banana, Gobius martinicus, Gobius 

 doUchocephalus Coi)e, Ehinogobius bucculenius, and Rhinogohius contrac- 

 tus. The name Arraous has been adopted for this subgenus by Gill 

 and defined by Bleeker, but " les Arraous " of Cuvier & Valenciennes 

 is evidently a gallicised vernacular name, never intended as a scientific 

 name of a genus. 



181. Gobius soporator Cuv. He Val. 



(Gobius niapo I'oey.) 



182. Lophogobius cyprinoides Pallas. 

 Common. 



183. Microgobius signatus Poey. 



Large numbers obtained with Gobius oceanicus from a fisherman who 

 had taken them in a seine. 



Dark gray in life, a vertical stripe at the shouhler light blue, edged 

 with dark. Sky blue and orange markings under the eye. Fins pale, 

 dusky. 



* The genera Chonephorus and Lophogobius are of doubtful value, but ixudiuf? in- 

 vestigalior. we may admit them. 



Proc. N. M. 80 4 Aiif^iiiiit S3, f 886. 



