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verse crest behind orbit. Interorbital not deeply grooved, with a blunt 

 median ridge. Orbit not bordered by any prominent ridges. 



Yertebrse 15 + 17. 



Teeth in both jaws, close set, in bands, all alike. 



Typhlogobius californiensis. 



Skull highest at its posterior end, depressed forward j the bones all 

 thick and strong. No lateral crests; a median keel which is lowest 

 behind. Orbit not bounded by any ridges. Interorbital a mere ridge. 

 Two keels diverge from the posterior end of the median keel to the in- 

 sertion of the suprascapula. Premaxillaries and mandible very long. 



Vertebrae 17 + 13. 



Teeth of the upper jaw all alike, in a broad band, those of the lower 

 jaw in a narrow band, the inner ones apparently larger. 



List of nominal species of North Ainerican Gobies, with identifications. 

 [Tenable specific names are in italics.] 



Nominal species. 



Gobins oeeanictis Pallas 1769 



Gobiu8 ei/prinoicleg Pailas 1770 



Gobins lanceolatus Bloch 1783 



Gobins phimierii Bloch 1786 



Gobins ^i«on.)s Gmelin 1788 



Sciaeua maculata Bloch 1792 



Gobins amoiea Walbaum 1792 



Gobins bosci Lac6p6de 1798 



Gobioides brousnoneti Lac6p6de 1798 



Gobiomorus dormitor Lac^pfede 1798 



Gobins brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider 1801 



Batrachus guavina Bloch & Schneider 1801 



Platycephalas dorniitator Bloch & Schneider 1801 



Gobins alepidotns Bloch & Schneider 1801 



Gobins oblongns Bloch &. Schneider 1801 



Gobins viridipallidns MitchUl 1814 



Gobins taiasica Lichtenstein 1822 



Eleotris laiifrons Kichaidson 1637 



Gobins soporator Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobins y?OM«s Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobi us banana Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobius iiiartinicns Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobins bacalaus Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobius sriiaragdus Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobins brasiliensis Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobius cristagalli Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Eleotris gyrinus Cnrier & Valenciennes 1837 



Eleotris guavina Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Eleotris mugiloides Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Eleoti is smara.7fZM« Cnvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Eleotris sima C uvier & Valenciennes 1837 



Gobins gracilis Girard 1854 



Gobins neiuherrii GiiaTA 1856 



Ctenogobius /ascj«h<s Gill 1858 



Gobionellus hastatus Girard ■ 1858 



Gobins lyrieus Girard j 1858 



Gobius wiirdenianni Girard ■ 1858 



Gobins catulus Girard 1858 



Gobius (julosus Girard 1858 



Gobiosoma molestinn Girard I 1858 



Eleotris somnolentus Girard i 1859 



Evorthodns breviceps Gill I 1859 



Gobius Icpidus Girard i 1859 



Philypnus lateralisGiW ' 1860 



Gobji'.s mexicanus Giinther i 1861 



GohhiH paradoxus Giinther ' 1861 



Gobins seminudus Giinther j 1861 



Gobins sagitttda Guuther i 1b61 



Eleotris omoc vaueus Poey ! 1861 



Eleotris gundlachi Poey 1861 



Erotelis valeuciennesi Poey 1861 



Chonophoms bucculentns Poey 1861 



Gobius mapo Poey 1861 



Date. 



Identification. 



Gobins oceanicus. 

 Lophogobius cyprinoides. 

 Gobius oceanicus. 

 Sicydium i>lnmierL 

 Eleotris pisonis. 

 Dormitator maculatus. 

 Eleotris pisonis. 

 Gobiosoma bosci. 

 Gobioides bronssoneti. 

 Gobiomorus dormitor. 

 1 Gobioides hroussoneti. 

 Gobiomorus dormitor. 

 Gobiomorus dormitor. 

 Gobiosoma bosci. 

 Gobioides bronssoneti. 

 Gobiosoma bosci. 

 Chonophoms taiasica. 

 Dormitator latifrons. 

 Gobius soporator. 

 Chonophoms flavus. 

 Chonophoms taiasica. 

 Chonophoms taiasica. 

 Gobins oceanicus. 

 Gobius smaragdus. 

 Gobioides bronssoneti. 

 Lophogobius cyprinoides. 

 Eleotris pisoni-s. 

 Guavina gnavina. 

 Dormitator maculatus. 

 Eleotris smaragdus. 

 Dormitator maculatus. 

 Lepidogobius lepidns. 

 Lepidogobius newberrii. 

 Gobius fasciatus. 

 Gobius oceanicus. 

 Gobius lyrieus. 

 ? Gobius lyrieus. 

 Gobius soporator. 

 Microgobius gnlosus. 

 Gobiosoma molestum. 

 Eleotris pisonis. 

 Evorthodus breviceps. 

 Lepidogobius lepidns. 

 Gobiomorus lateralis. 

 Chonophoms mexicanns. 

 Gobius paradoxus. 

 Gobius seminudus. 

 Gobius eagittula. 

 Dormitator maculatus. 

 Dormitator maculatus. 

 Erotelis smaragdus. 

 Chonophoms taiasica. 

 Gobius soporator. 



