1886.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL M^USHUM 597 



714. Peristedion longispatha Goode & Bean. 



(Goode & Bean, Bull. M. C. Z., xii, 166, 1886.) 



715. Peristedion platycephalum Goode & Bean. 



(Goode & Bean, 1. c, 167.) 



272. PRIONOTUS Lac^p^de. 



716. Prionotus rubio Jordan. (P.) 



717. Prionotus punctatus (Bloch). (G. ii, 193.) 



273. CHELIDONICHTHYS* Kaup. 



713. Chelidoniclithjrs pictipinnis Kaap. 



(Archiv f. Nat., 1873, 71; Barbadoes.) 



274. CEPHALACANTHUS Lac6pede. 



719. Cephalacantlius volitans (Liunffius). (G. ii,221. P.) 



Family XCII.— PLATYCEPHALID^. 

 275. PLATYCEPHALUS Bloch. 



720. Platycephalus angustus t Steindachner, 



(Iclith. Notizen., iii, 6.) 



Family XCIII.— GOBIESOCIDiE. 

 276. GOBIESOX Lac6pfede. 



$ Goiiesox. 



721. Gobiesox cephalus Lac^pfede. (G. iii, 499.) 



722. Gobiesox nigripinnis Peters. (G. iii, 502.) 



723. Gobiesox virgatulus Jordan »& Gilbert. (G. iii, 502.) 



(? Gohiesox nudus Giintlier, not Cyclopterus nudus L.) 



724. Gobiesox cerasinus Cope. 



(Trans. Am. PMl.Soc, Phila., 1871, 473.) 



§ Sicyases Miiller & Troschel. 



725. Gobiesox fasciatus Peters. (G. iii, 497.) 



726. Gobiesox rupestris (Poey). (P.) 



727. Gobiesox rubiginosus (Poey). (P.) 



728. Gobiesoxpunctulatus (Poey). (P.) 



729. Crobiesox carueus (Poey). (P.) 



Family XCIV.— BATEAOHID^. 

 277. BATRACHOIDES Lac^p^de. 



730. Batrachoides surinamensis (Bloch & Schneider). (G. iii, 174.) 



278. BATRACHUS Bloch & Schneider. 



731. Batrachus tau (Linnajus). (G. iii, 167. P.) 



* A doubtful genus, the description of which I have not seen. 

 + Doubtfully American, " Angeblich aus Surinam." 



