1886.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 503 



40. Lepidogobius newberrii. 



Gohius newberrii Girard, ''Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1856, 136"; Girard, 

 "Bostou Jourual Nat. Hist., 1857, 530, plate xxv, fig. 5-8"; Girard, Pacific 

 Eailroad Survey, 1859, 128 (Tomales Bay, Cal.); Gill, "Annals Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. New York, 1859, 16"; Guntlier, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Mns., ill, 77, 1861 

 (copied); Steindacbner, lehtli. Beitriige, viii, 17, 1879 (Santa Monica, 

 California; Artesian well). 



Lepidogobim newberryi Gill, "Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1859, 14"; Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 455 (California); Jordan & Gil- 

 bert, Syn. Fish. North America, 637, 1883; Jordan, Catalogue Fish. North 

 America, 106, 1885 (name only). 



Eucyclogobius newberryi Gill, Proc. Aca>l. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, 330 (name 

 only); Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1863, 2(55 (name only); Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 53 (name only). 



Mahitat. — Coast of California. 



This species is rather rare ou the California coast. While agreeing 

 closely with L. lepidus in many respects, it (lifters considerably in the 

 naked head and less elongate form. Both species have the fleshy 

 papillae on the shoulder girdle, found also in Chonophorus. 



15. MICROGOBIUS. 



MiCBOGOBiL'S Poey, Ennmeratio Pise. Cubens., 1875, 127 {sigy)afus}. 



Type Microgobiiis signatus Poey. ' 



We retain the genus Microgohius for four small, brightly-colored Go- 

 bies, which differ coiisideral^ly in form and appearance from the species 

 of related genera. The technical characters of Microgohius do not seem 

 to have much importance, but for tiie present we regard it as worthy of 

 retention. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES OF MICROGOBIUS. 



a. Body entirely scaled, except the nape, belly, and breast, which are naked, like the 

 head. 

 h. Scales about 42. Body elongate, moderately compressed, the depth 4 to 5 in 

 length : head long and large, rather sharp in profile, 3 to 3^ in body ; eye 

 longer than snout, 4 in head; mouth large, A'ery oblique, the lower jaw 

 strongly projecting; maxillary 1^ to 2i in head, extending to opposite 

 middle of eye, or much beyond the orbit ; teeth in few series, the outer very 

 long aud slender, curved, the lower longest, none canine-like ; scales small, 

 some of them with short, thick teeth, those of anterior part of body not 

 well developed ; dorsal spines more or less filamentous, the 3d and 4th or 

 4th and 5th sometimes with long filaments ; caudal pointed, about as long 

 as head. Grayish-olive, with rather sharply-defined markings of darker 

 brown overlaid with orange in life ; head with a pale bluish or gilt stripe 

 from maxillary backward across suborbital region to upper edge of gill- 

 opening; another pale gilt streak from snout along lower part of eye, 

 another from angle of mouth upward and backwards; rest of head dark; 

 opercle with an oblique blackish bar; top of head and nape with dark 

 marblings surrounded by paler reticulations; back with a series of black 

 cross-blotches mostly separated on the median line; two narrower dark 

 vertical bars behind pectoral; middle line of side posteriorly with longi- 

 tudinally oblong black blofches; besides these, numerous other blotches 

 not regularly arranged ; first dorsal with two or three oblicjue black bands ; 

 second dorsal pale, with about four series of black dots ; caudal spotted 

 with black ; pectoral yellowish ; ventral black, its center yellowish (S); anal 

 pale. Dorsal VII-15. Anal 16 or 17 GULOSUS, 41. 



