NO. 14 TWO NEW GOBIOID FISHES GINSBURG 3 



from front of eye running obliquely downward and forward, a more 

 diffuse one back of eye running downward and backward ; 2 narrow 

 elongate spots on midline of nape; 2 small diffuse spots, one behind 

 the other, back of eye ; the 2 dorsals with dark, oblique, bandlike areas, 

 alternated with lighter areas ; other fins more or less dusky, anal dark- 

 est, becoming nearly black distad ; a small dark spot on pectoral near 

 its upper anterior corner, a larger, more diffuse blotch on its fleshy 

 base, below. 



Measurements. — The type, 16 mm. in standard length. Caudal 

 about 27, ventral 27, pectoral 26, depth 17, least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 14, head 30.5, postorbital part of head 21, head depth directly 

 behind eye 15, head width at same point 19, maxillary 12.5, snout 7.5, 

 eye 8, antedorsal distance 38.5. 



Holotype. — U.S.N.M. no. 1 08139; Old Providence Island; August 

 6, 1938; obtained on the Presidential cruise; W. L. Schmitt collector; 

 about 20 mm., the caudal slightly broken at posterior margin, but 

 apparently representing nearly entire length. 



Paratope. — Another specimen, 18 mm., obtained with the type. 



Both specimens are probably males, judging by the anal papilla, 

 but this structure is not decisively of the male type, and the sex of the 

 two specimens is somewhat doubtful. 



Distinctive characters and relationship. — This species agrees more 

 nearly with Pycnomma semis quaniatum Rutter from the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia, judged by the published account of that species, than with any 

 other known American goby. It differs strikingly from that species in 

 that the squamation extends much farther forward, to under the 

 beginning of the first dorsal, instead of to under its end. The scales in 

 P. roosevelti appear to be larger and there are one or two fewer rays 

 in the vertical fins. This is the first species of Pycnomma from the 

 Atlantic, and the second species of the genus now to be made known. 



This species is named in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 



GARMANNIA GEMMATA, n. sp. 



Description. — Form elongate, head and body compressed. Mouth 

 medium, oblique, terminal, a horizontal through distal margin of 

 upper lip passing nearly through lower margin of eye ; lower jaw 

 slightly shorter in front than upper. Maxillary medium, its end fall- 

 ing below space between posterior margins of pupil and eye. Outer 

 row of teeth in both jaws enlarged, smaller teeth behind ; outer row 

 of upper jaw extending nearly to angle of mouth, that of lower jaw 

 nearly confined to front ; lower jaw with 2 inner caninoids, a little 



