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3 specimens, 48 to 57 mm., Laguna del Rfo Capatdrida at mouth, 5 km. north 

 of Capatdrida, March 21, 1938. 



15 specimens, 21 to 38 mm., Rfo Yaracuy at mouth, 45 km. northwest of Puerto 

 Cabello, January 28, 1938. 



2 specimens, 26 and 31 mm., Rfo Alpargatdn, 5 km. north of Mor6n, January 

 28, 1938. 



1 specimen, 77 mm., Rfo Cumboto near mouth, 2 km. northwest of Ocumare, 

 May 5, 1939. 



Genus BATHYGOBIUS Bleeker 



Bathygobius Bleeker, Arch. N6erl. Sci., Nat., vol. 13, p. 54, 1878. (Genotype, 

 Gobius nebulo-punctatus Jiuppell=Gobius fastiatus Riippell.) 



BATHYGOBIUS SOPORATOR (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Gobius soporator Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 12, p. 56, 1837 (Martinique) (ref. copied). 



U.S.N. M. No. 121543, 43 specimens, from Lago de Maracaibo at Maracaibo 

 Yacht Club, May 16. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121544, 2 specimens, from Lago de Maracaibo at Yacht Club, 

 February 27. 



Laguna de Tacarigua, Estado de Miranda, F. F. Bond, February 3, 1939, 

 1 specimen, 70 mm. 



SaHne lagoon. El Cable at Carupano, F. F. Bond, March 30, 1939, 1 specimen, 

 50 mm. 



Genus GOBIONELLUS Girard 



Gobionellus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 10, p. 168, 1858. 

 (Genotype, Gobionellus hastatus Girard.) 



GOBIONELLUS BOLEOSOMA (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Gobius boleosoma Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 5, p. 295, 

 1882 (Laguna Grande, Pensacola, Fla.). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123273, 1 specimen, 32 mm., Point Macolla, April 19, 1925. 



2 specimens, 31 and 37 mm., Laguna de Tacarigua, Estado de Miranda, F. F. 

 Bond, February 3, 1939. 



4 specimens, 42 to 48 mm., Laguna del Rfo Capatdrida, at mouth, 5 km. north 

 of Capatdrida, F. F. Bond, March 21, 1939, 4 specimens, 42 to 48 mm. 



1 specimen, 39 mm., Rfo Borburata at mouth, 3 km. east of Puerto Cabello 

 at Gananga, F. F. Bond, January 15, 1938. 



GOBIONELLUS CLAYTONH (Meek) 



Gobius claytonii Meett, Publ. Field Columbian Mus. (Zool.), vol. 3, p. 121, 1902 

 (La Antigua). 



33 specimens, 28 to 86 mm., saline lagoon, El Cable at Carupano, F, F. Bond, 

 March 30, 1939. 



1 specimen, 40 mm., Rfo Macarupano, 5 km. southeast of Cardpano, F. F. Bond. 



1 specimen, 31 mm., coastal lagoon, 15 km. northeast of Maracaibo, F. F. Bond, 

 April 6, 1938, 



Genus AWAOUS Steindachner 



Awao7is Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 42, p. 289, 1860. (Geno- 

 type, Gobius ocellaris Cuvier and Valenciennes.) 



