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wide, oblique ; maxillary in adult reaching to be- 

 low posterior border of eye. Lower jaw very tliin 

 and flat ; teeth in both jaws small, subequal ; those 

 in the upper jaw in a single series, those of the 

 lower in a narrow band ; outer teeth somewhat 

 movable. Scales anteriorly small, cycloid, imbed- 

 ded, those behind larger and ctenoid ; a few scales 

 on upper anterior corner of opevcle ; dorsal tins 

 high, some of the spines filamentous, longer than 

 head. Caudal very long, filamentous, 2 to 2§ in 

 body. Light olive, fins dusky in male ; a round, 

 black spot on sides, a little larger than eye, below 

 spinous dorsal ; first dorsal spine with two or 

 three black spots ; a small dusky spot at base of 

 caudal. Emerald spot on tongue couspicuoiis, 

 fading in spirits. D. VI-14. A 14 or 15. Scales, 



70(60 to 90) ...OcEANicus, 33. 



(M. Region before dorsal and anal fins entirely naked. 



0. Scales large, 14 series developed. Depth 5| in total 

 length ; head 4^, nearly as broad as high. Eyes 

 equal to the rounded snout ; mouth slightly oblique, 

 the jaws equal, the maxillary extending to below 

 middle of eye ; teeth in villiform bands ; two curved 

 canines on each side of lower jaw. First dorsal 

 spine elongate, sometimes reaching base of caudal ; 

 caudal rounded, shorter than head ; blackish, fins 

 mostly black; dorsal filament whitish (^ ?). D. 



VI-11. A. 9. Scales, 14 Paradoxus, 34. 



00. Scales exceedingly minute. Head 4 in total length ; 

 depth, 6. Head broader than high ; snout obtuse, 

 as long as eye ; jaws equal, maxillary extending 

 to below middle of eye ; teeth in villiform bands, 

 the anterior in upper jaw slightly enlarged; two 

 small, curved canines on each side of lower jaw. 

 Dorsal fins low, the anterior not elevated ; caudal 

 rounded, blackish; fins and sides of head dotted. 



D. VI-15. A. 10 Seminudus, 35. 



19. Gobius soporator. 



GoUus soporator Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii, 56,1837 (Mar- 

 tinique); Guichenot, " Poiss. in Ramon dela Sagra, Hist. Cuba, 127," 1855 

 (Cuba) ; Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii, 26, 549, 1861 (Jamaica, Mex- 

 ico; Panama; Sicily (?) ; Caribbean Sea); Cope, Ichth. Lesser Antilles, 

 473, 1871 (St. Martin's; New Providence) ; Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 V, 75, 1876 (Bermudas); Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cub., 124, 1876 (Cuba); 

 Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 127 (Pensacola. Fla.); 

 Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 83 (Bermuda) ; Jordan «&, Gilbert, 

 Bull. U. S. Fish. Com., 1882, 108 (Mazatlan); Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish. Com. 1882, 111 (Panama) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1882,296 (Pensacola); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 

 1882, 368 (Cape San Lucas) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1882, 377 (Panama) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 626 

 (Panama) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 634, 1883 ; 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 37 (Pensacola, Fla.); Jordan, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 140 (Key West) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1884, 260 (Guaymas, Mexico) ; Jordan,Catalogue Fish. North America, 105, 

 1885 (name only) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 49 (Havana, Cuba). 



