1886.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 49 ^ 

 Doubtful species of Gobius. 



Gobius . 



Gobius lineatus Poey, Meniorias do Cuba, ii, 424, 1861 (Havana) ; Poey, Syn- 

 opsis 1868, 393 ; Poey, Eunmeratio, 125, 1875 (uame preoccupied ; not Gobius 

 lineatus of Jenyos). 

 This species, which must, if valid, receive a new name is characterized 

 as follows: 



Body elongate, subcylindrical ; depth of bodj iu length, head 3J ; 

 eye iu head 6 times ; maxillary extending almost to below middle of 

 eye; pectorals rouuded; dorsals high, yellowish green; the body with 

 20 vertical yellow bands ; a red baud extending from snout to point of 

 opercle ; fins yellowish. Dorsal VII, 12. 



Gobius . 



Gobius brunneus Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens., 393, 1868 (Havana); Poey, 

 Enumeratio 125,1876 (name preoccupied ; not Gobius brunneus of Schlegel). 



This species, which, if valid, must receive a new name, is thus char- 

 acterized: 



Color dark-gray with brighter spots; pectoral, dorsals, and caudal 

 spotted with black ; outer series of teeth notably stouter and somewhat 

 separated ; profile more oblique and longer thau in Gobius lacertus {sopo- 

 rator) ; maxillary extending to below middle of eye which is coutaiued 

 4^ times in head ; iuterorbital space ^ of eye, snout ij. Dorsal inserted 

 in the middle point between snout and eud of second third of caudal. 



13. CHONOPHORUS. 



? RiiiNOGOBius Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 145 {similis). 

 Chonophorus Poey, Memorias de Cuba, ii, 274, 1861 (bucculentus = taiasica). 

 ? AwAOUS Bleeker, Esquisse d'uu Systeme Naturel des Gobioides, 320 {oceUaris ; name 

 from " ]es Awaous " of Valenciennes). 



Type: Chonophorus bucculentus Fogj= Gobius taiasica lAchtensiem. 



We caunot feel certain that Bleeker and Gill are right in considering 

 Chonophorus as identical with Bhinogobius, as the description of Rhino- 

 gobius similis is not sufficiently full to permit a proper comparison of the 

 two groups. 



The uame ^'Awaous^^ cannot be adopted from Valenciennes for this 

 group, as this name, as used by him, was evidently not in any sense a 

 subgeneric name, but a French plural noun, "Awaou" being the verna- 

 cular name of one of the species in the Sandwich Islands. 



The American species are closely related and form a well-marked 

 group, but their relation to the East Indian and Asiatic forms called 

 Awaous and Ehinogobius is, as above stated, yet to be proven. 



ANALYSIS OP THE SPECIES OF CHONOPHORUS. 



a. Scales abort 53; little crowded anteriorly, 21 before dorsal on nape; depth, 5| 

 in length, head, 4 ; eyes jjlaced high, iuterorbital area equal to diameter of 

 . eye ; mouth, horizontal ; maxilary extending to middle of eye, 2^ in head, lower 

 jaw more flat than iu taiasica : teeth small, iu narrow bands, those of the outer 

 row above enlarged, some large teeth iu band of lower jaw. D. VI-1, 12, A. 1, 

 10. Uniform yellowish iu spirits Flavus, 36. 



