DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTIOxV. 295 



the Carribean, having: been found by the Blake at station OLXXVI, on the Alaoran Shoals, at 

 a depth (»f ?..■) lathoms, and at station xxxiv, ort' Granada, at a depth ofUi; I'atlioms; also by 

 the Albatross at station L'417, in 33^ 18' 30" X. lat., 77^ 07' W. Ion., at a depth olO.') iathonis; 

 at station 2418, m 33° 20' N. lat., 77° ():>' W. Ion., at a depth of 90 fathoms; at station 2lL'l-2 

 at a dej)th of from 31 to .U fathoms; and at station 2122, in UV^ 37' N. lat., (51° 41' 22" W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 34 fathoms. 



One iudividual lot (2121-2) corrcsiwud, in their dull ('oloration with P. 2>orosissmns as 

 described by Giinther. The others are all colored in the manner described iov P.plectrodon, 

 (iiinther. 



Thalassophri/ne maculosa, Giinthei', has been found at a depth ol' 42 fathoms, and ])0s- 

 sibly occurs at a still greater depth. 



Family GOBIID^^. 



Les (iobioides, CUVIER, R&gne Animal, eil. i, 1817, ii, 211t; id. 2, 1829, ii, 236. 



Gobiidie, BoNiVPARTE, Saggio, 1832, 35 ; Icon. Faun. Ital., liitnid. ; Cat. MctDdico, 184(1, 03.— Swain'Sox, Nat. 



Hist. Fislie.s, etc., 1839, 183, 278. — Guntuku, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mhs., hi, 1.— Gill, Arr. Fam. Fish., 1872,6 



(No. .52) ; Century Dictionary, 2560. 

 GoUoUUi, Blekker, Teutamen, 1859, 21. 



Body stout, usually tapering from head to tail, sometimes more elongated, ovate, com- 

 pressed. Scales diversiform, ctenoid, cycloid, or wanting. No lateral line. Generally two 

 spinigerous dorsal tins, sometimes united in one. Ventrals tlnn-acic (normally i, 5), usually 

 contributing to f(H'm a ventral sucker. An anal papilla. 



GOBIUS, Cuvier. 



Gohius, CuviER, Rt-gne Animal.— GCNTrncR, (in iiart), Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., in. 3.— .JounAX and Gilbert, 

 Bidl. XVI, U. S. Nat. Mus., 633. 



Body more or less elongate, compressed beliind. Eyes liigh, dose together. Mouth 

 moderate. Teeth conical, on jaws onl^, , in several series, those in outer row larger. Isthmus 

 broad. Scales ctenoid; cheeks usually, and belly sometimes, naked. Dorsal usually with 

 G spines. Pectorals large. Ventrals completely united. Caudal (in obtuse. 



Gohius eomctes, Ah^ock (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ISSi), ii, 208, pi. viii, tig. 2), occurs 

 below the hundred-fathom line in the Bay of Bengal, about ;;oO .specimens having been taken 

 at Tnvesligator station No. 90. 



GOBIUS LESUEURII, Risso. 



Goliiis Lesuenriu Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. M^^rid., in, 1829, 281.— Cuvier and Valexcienxes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 XII, 33.— Bonaparte, Cat. Met., No. 567.— Guichexot, Exp. Alger. Poissons, 77.— Gixthkh, Cat. Fisli. 

 Brit. Mus., Ill, 12.— Caxestrixi, Areli. Zool., i, 113, pi. viii, fig. 2 ; Pescid'Italia, 174.— Vaillaxt, Exp. 

 Sci. Travailleuret Talisman, 340.— More vr. Hist. Nat. Poiss. Franc'e, ii, 219. 



A Gohius, with a low first dorsal compo.sed of G ray.s, with orbital diameter greater 

 than width of iutcrorbital space, with 14 rays in second dorsal, and caudal lanceolate and 

 a little longer than head, and with lateral line of about 20-27 scales. 

 Radial forunda: D. VI, i, 14; A. i, 14. 



This species, rare in the Mediterranean, where it has occasionally been ftmnd near Nice, 

 was obtained by the Tmvailleur off Villefranclie, in 44.5 fathoms. It was also found off 

 the Canaries in 80, and off Morocco in 112 fathoms. 



Family CALLIONYMIDyE. 



CalUontjmim, Bonaparte, S.aggio, etc., 1831. 



CaUhm,jmina\ SwAixsox, Nat. Hist. Fish., etc.. ii, 1839, 183. 



CalUomimidd; Bonaparte, Cat.alogo Metodico, 1846, 69.— Gill, Ait. I^am. Fish., 1872, 6 (No. 51). 



Callioniimohlei, Bleeker, Teutamen, 1859, xxiv. 



CaUionnmina, GCntheu, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii, 138. 



Gobioid fi.shes with two separate dorsal fins, and with tln^ ventrals widely separated. 



