101. GOBIID.E — DOKMITATOR. 631 



07§. P, dorGafnitnfOB- (151. & Scbn.) Cuv. &, V:il. 



Brownisli, maiblt'd witli darker; sides of head with 2 broMii stripes; 

 lius rose-colored, witli series of brown si)ots; two oblong brown spots 

 on base of pectorals. Snout sharp; maxillary reaehing to opposite 

 middle of orbit. Vomerine teeth in a crescent-shaped band. Eye small, 

 lialf width of interorbital space. Caudal ijeduncle very long and rather 

 slender. Head 3 in length j depth about 5.]. D. YI-I, 9: A. I, 9; 

 Lat. 1. 00. L. 1-2 feet. Texas and southAvard, entering the rivers. 



(Pluti/ceplialus dormitator Bl. & St-lui. (JO, 18JI: Ehoirh dormUatrix GiintUcr, iii, Hi); 

 Cuv. &. Val. xii, 255.) 



340.— EI^E©TKn§ Gronow, 



Tetards. 



(Gohiomoriis and Gohtomoroides Laceprde.) 



(Groiiow ; Bloch & Sclincider, Syst. Icbtli. 1801, G5: tyi)e Ekvtris (/ijrhuis Cuv. & Val.) 



Body long and low, compressed behind. Head long, low, flattened 

 above, without spines or crests, almost everywhere scaly. Mouth large, 

 oblique, the lower jaw projecting. Teeth in jaws villiform, fixed; no 

 teeth on vomer or palatines. Preopercle and branchiostegals unarmed. 

 Eyes small, high, anterior; isthmus broad. Dorsal fins well apart, the 

 first of about 7 flexible spines; ventrals separate. Scales small, cycloid, 

 00-100 in a longitudinal series. Tropical seas, entering fresh waters. 

 {rj/.eu-, bevvildered.) 



9'3'9. E. j^^yritacas Cuv. & yii].—Tvtard; Shrjjei: 



Brownish; vertical fins, witii brown dots; two darker stripes behind 



the orbit. Body elongate, moderately compressed, of nearly equal 



depth throughout. Caudal peduncle long aiid deej). Head rather broad 



and flattened above, its scales minute. Month large, very obli(iue; 



maxillary reaching beyond the \ertical from centre of orI)it. Eye small, 



half width of interorbital space. Head 3.) in length; depth about 5. 



D. YI-I, 8; A. I, 8; Lat. I. about 00. Brackish waters, from Texas 



southward. 



{ICrobiuH pisonls Gmelin, Syst. Xat. 178^, l-JOi; Cuv. &- Val. xii, 2'20; Giiutlier, iii, 

 122.) 



311.— »«»Ki7IITAT®K Gill. 

 (Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1802, 210: type Ehotris gundlachi Pooy.) 



Body oblong, the back broad ami elevated; the head broad and deep. 

 Mouth small, anterior; jaws stibcqual, each with a narrow band of slen- 

 der teeth, those in the outer row movable; no teeth on vomer or pala- 

 tines. Eyes moderate, lateral, wide apart. Head unarmed, almost 



