202 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.99 



1868 (Puerto Cabello). — Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. 

 Fish, for 1928, pt. 2, p. 490, 1930 (Puerto Cabello). 

 Gobiesox fasciatus Jordan and Evermann, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fish, for 

 1895, App., p. 492, 1896 (Puerto Cabello) ; U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 47, pt. 3, 

 p. 2338, 1898 (Puerto Cabello). 



Genus COTYLIS Muller and Troschel 



Cotylis MtJLLER AND Troschel, in Muller, Arch, fiir Naturg. (Wiegmann), 

 Jahrg. 9, vol. 1, p. 297, 1843. (Genotype, Cotylis nuda Muller and Troschel = 

 Lepadogaster nudus Bloch and Schneider =Go6zesox gyrinus Jordan and 

 Evermann = (ro6j'esox nigripinnis Peters.) 



COTYUS NIGRIPINNIS NIGRIPINNIS Peters 



Cotylis nigripinnis Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859, p. 412, 1860 

 (Puerto Cabello). 



Gobiesox nigripinnis GiJNTHER, Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum, 

 vol. 3, p. 502, 1861 (Puerto Cabello); Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 6, p. 390, 

 1868 (Puerto Cabello). — Jordan and Evermann, Rep, U. S. Comm, Fish 

 and Fish, for 1895, App., p. 491, 1896 (Puerto Cabello); U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 47, pt. 3, p. 2331, 1898 (Puerto Cabello). — Jordan, Evermann, and 

 Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish, for 1928, pt. 2, p. 488, 1930 (Puerto Cabello). 



Genus GOBIESOX Lacepede 



Gobiesox Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 2, p. 595, fig., 1800. 

 (Genotype, Gobiesox cephalus Lacepede.) 



GOBIESOX CEPHALUS LacepSde 



Gobiesox cephalus LacepJide, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 2, pp. 595, 596, 

 fig., 1800 (fresh-water rivers of South America). 



The following specimens in the collections of the U. S. National 

 Museum were collected by Lyon and Robinson on August 1 and 2, 

 1900, at Macuto, near La Guaira, in a fresh-water stream. 



U.S.N. M. No. 93815 to 93817, 8 specimens, 115 to 145 mm. in standard length, 



U.S.N. M. No. 93820 to 93822, 5 specimens, 73 to 100 mm. 



U.S.N. M. No. 93827, 3 specimens, 124 to 132 mm. in standard length. 



Order BATRACHOIDEA 

 Family BATRACHOIDIDAE: Toadfishes 



Genus BATRACHOIDES Lacepede 



Bairachoides Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 2, p. 451, 1800. 

 (Genotype, Bairachoides tau Lacepede.) 



BATRACHOIDES SURINAMENSIS (Bloch and Schneider) 



Sapo de mar 



Bairachus surinamensis Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae, p. 43, 



1801 (Surinam). 

 Bairachoides surinamensis Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 63, 



p. 437, 1911 (Pedernales, Venezuela). — Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, 



p. 412, 1942 (coast of Venezuela). 



