1886.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 497 



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 This species is best kuowu from a male specimen, obtained by Dr. 

 Jordan at Galveston. With this specimen corresponds very closely 

 Poey's account of his Gobionellus costalesi. The original account of 

 Gobius tcurdemanni may have been drawn from a female of the same 

 species. 



29. Gobius smaragdus. 



Gobius smaragdus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Potss., xii, 120, 1837 

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



Gobionellus smaragdus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 394, 1868 (Cuba); Poey, Enu- 

 meratio Pise. Cub., 126, 1876 (Cuba) ; Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 188.5, 

 552(Saint Augustine, Fla.). 



Smaragdus valenciennesi Poey, Memorias deCuba, ii, 280, 1861 (Cuba). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna ; Cuba, Florida. 



We have examined two specimens of this species, one from Havana, 

 the other collected at Saint Augustine, by Prof. O. P. Hay. Both these 

 have the pale spots very sharply defined, but they may perhaps not be 

 present in the female. The green spot above the base of the tongue is 

 conspicuous in life. 



30. Gobius poeyi. 



Gobius poeyi Steindachner, Ichtbyol. Notizen, vi, 44, 1867 (Barbadoes). 

 Habitat. — West Indian fauna; Barbadoes. 

 This species we know only from Dr. Steindachner's description. 



31. Gobius kraussi. 



Gobius kraussii Steindacbner, Ichth. Beitrage, viii, 16, 1879 (Surinam). 



Habitat — Coast of Surinam. 



This species is known only from Dr. Steindachner's description. 



32. Gobius sagittula. 



Euctenogobius sagittula Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, 3 (west coast 

 Central America) ; Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 389, 1869 (Panama); 

 Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii, 555 (west coast Central America). 



Gobius sagittula Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Com., 1882, 108 (Mazatlau); 

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

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 380 (San Jos6) ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. 

 North America, 105 (name only). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of Tropical America; Cape San Lucas to 

 Panama. 



This Si)ecies is common on the west coast of Mexico, where numerous 

 specimens were obtained by Professor G-ilbert. We have no specimens 

 at hand, and, therefore, are obliged to make use of the published ac- 

 counts of this species. 



33. Gobius oceanicus. 



Gobius Cauda longissima acuminata " Gronow, Zooph., 82, no. 277, plate 4. fig. 4." 

 Gobius oceanicus, "Pallas, Spicilegia, viii, 4, 1769 (after Gronow);" Jordan, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 49 (Havana, Cuba). 

 Gobionellus oceanicus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 613 



(Charleston, S. C. ) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 636. 1883 ; 



Jordan, Cat,Fisli. North America, 106, 1885 (name only). 



Proc. KM. 86 32 ]¥oTember 36, 1886. 



