494 REVIEW OF NORTH AMERICAN GOBIID^. 



GobiuH caiulas Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1858, 169 (St. Joseph's 



Island) ; Girard, U. S. & Mex. Bound. Survey, 26, plate xii, tig. 9-10, 1859 



(copied). 

 Evorthodus catulus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 632, 1883 



(copied). 

 Gohim mapo Poey, Memorias de Cuba ii, 277, 1861 (Cuba) ; Poey, Syn. Pise. 



Cuv., 292, 1868 (Coast of Cuba). 

 Gobiiis laeertus Poey, Meniorias de Cuba, ii, 278, 1861 (Cuba) ; Poey, Syn. 



Pise. Cub., 392, 1868 (Cuba); Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cub., 125, 1876 



(Cuba). 

 Gobins caroHiieimis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 268 (Charleston, 



S. C.) ; Gill, Cut. Fish. East coast North America, 21, 1873 (name only) ; 



Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, llu (Arlington, Florida); Jordan & 



(Jilbcrt, Syn. Fish. North America, 634, 1883. 



Habitat. — Shore taniia of Tropical America, oil both coasts, Charles- 

 ton to ISiiriuaui, Guayinas and Panama. 



This species is the commonest of all shore-fishes in Tropical America, 

 abounding everywhere in tide-pools and cavities among the reefs. 

 Among onr species, it seems to be the one most nearly related to the 

 European Gohlus n'ujer, and it may therefore be held to rej^reseut the 

 subgenus Gohiiis., if our other species be placed in different subgenera- 



This is certainly the Gohiiis catulus of Girard, the Gohius mapo of 

 Poey, and the Gohius caroUnensis of Gill. The Gohius laeertus of Poey 

 seems to be the same species, probably based on paler specimens than 

 usual. The coloration in life varies much with the surroundings. 



The S])ecimens before us are from Key West, Panama, and Cuba. 



20. Gobius nicholsi. 



Gohius iiicholsii Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 469 (Departure Bay, Brit- 

 ish Columbia); Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 946, 1883 

 (copied) ; Jordan, Catalogue Fish. North America, 105, 1885 (name only). 



Habitat. — Coast of British Columbia. 



This species is known to us only from the account given by Dr. Bean. 



2 Gobius glaucofrasuum. 



Corypliopkrns (jlaucofrccnmn Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 263 (Wash- 

 ington Territory). 



Gohius glaucofrcenum Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 53 (name 

 only); Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 635, 1883 (copied); 

 Jordan, Cat. Fish. North America, 105, 1885 (name only). 



Habitat. — Coast of Washington Territory. 



This species is known only from the description of Dr. Gill. The 

 types are now lost, and the explorations of Professors Jordan and Gil- 

 bert have failed to recover the species. It may be possible that it is 

 the young of Gobius nicholsi, but the difference in Dr. Gill's count of 

 the fin rays and scales, from the formula of the latter species, makes 

 this seem unlikely. The so-called genus Coryphopterus has no evident 

 excuse, being apparently fully identical with Ctenogohius, itself not 

 tangibly distinct from the typical Gobius. 



