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9§4. G. soporator.Cuv. & Val. 



Dark brownisli-olive, marbled with darker, and "with lighter dots 

 along the series of scales; tins all blackish, the dorsal and caudal more 

 or less distinctly barred; a dark blotch on temporal region. Body 

 rather stout. Eye ratlier large, slightly less than snout. Head rather 

 broader than high. Mouth rather large; jaws equal ; maxillary to mid- 

 dle of eye. Cheeks naked; scales on nape much smaller than those on 

 body; opercle not longer than eye; distance of first dorsai from eye 

 equals that of snout from i^reopercle; upper rays of pectoral silk-like, 

 the fin not quite as long as caudal, shorter than head; ventrals not 

 reaching the vent, their basal membranes very broad. Head 3; depth 

 4f. D. VI-I, 9: A. I, 8; Lat. 1. 35; 1. trans. 13. Both coasts of Mex- 

 ico ; very abundant southward, north to Florida. 



(Cnv. &. Val. xii, 56; Glintlier, iii, 26.) 



985. G. caroBiBneaasBS Gill. 



Blackish-bro^\n, indistinctly marked with lighter; a darker spot at 

 base of caudal; a few light spots on operculum; fins purplish. Head 

 4i in total length (with caudal); depth about 5; caudal peduncle ^ of 

 total length, its height ^ of the same; eye 4 in length of head; upper 

 rays of ijectorals silk-like; caudal 4- total length, as long as pectoral. 

 D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 8; Lat. 1. 38; L. tr. 14; P. 18. {Gill.) Charleston, 

 S. C; the type now destroyed; probably identical with G. soporator. 



(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Phila. 1863, 26S.) 



9§6. G. gulosus Grd. 



Olivaceous, with transverse black spots on the back and longitudinal 

 ones on the head. Snout subconical, the mouth very large, oblique, tbe 

 lower jaw included; maxillary extending beyond the orbit. Eyes small, 

 suiierior, their length 5 in head, twice the interocular space ; isthmus 

 moderate. Dorsals well separated, the first with some rays filiform; 

 dorsal and anal barely reaching base of caudal ; ventrals reaching 

 vent; pectorals longer than ventrals; caudal rounded; scales mod- 

 erate. Head nearly one-fourth the total length. D. VI-15; A. 15. 

 Indianola, Tex. (Girard.) 



(Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Iclith. 1859, 26.) 



987. G. wiardeananiasi Grd. 



Appearance of Gobius lyricus. Eeddish-brovN'n, obscurely barred with 

 dusky. Head larger; caudal shorter; ventrals shorter; anal lower; 

 scales smaller than in G. lyricm ; teeth very slender, much smaller 

 than in G. lyricus. Third dorsal spine filamentous. D. VI-11; A. 12. 



