101. GORIID.E — TYNTLASTES. 639 



349.— TVPHLOGOBIUS Steindachuer. 

 (Otltonops Rosa Smith. ) 

 (Steindacbuer, Icbtli. Beitriii^e, viii, 14'2, 1879: type T. caVtfornievais Steind.) 



Body moderately elongate, compressed, covered with loose, smooth, 

 naked skin. Head large, depr(;ssed, with tumid cheeks. Mouth large, 

 the maxillary reaching to beyond the orbit; jaws equal, each with a 

 narrow baud of villiform teeth, the outer teeth slightly enlarged; lower 

 jaw capable of little motion; snout rounded; no cirri. Eyes very small, 

 imperfect, covered by skin. Fins low; first dorsal of 2 flexible spines; 

 second dorsal moderate; anal very short; caudal rounded; ventral disk 

 as in 6^oi»f,s. Gill-opeuings rather narrow. One species known. (ru^V.^T, 

 blind; Gohins.) 



995. T. califomieBBSBS Steind. 



Bright pellucid pink in life, the upper parts somewhat speckled; top 



of head with slight wrinkles of skin. Insertion of first dorsal midway 



between snout and base of caudal ; insertion of anal opposite fifth ray 



of soft dorsal; i^ectorals as long as caudal, extending beyond veutrals 



to first dorsal; fin rays covered by loose skin. Eyes visible in life as 



small dark specks, disappearing in alcohol. Head 3f ; depth 5. D. 



11-11; A. 7; P. IG. L. 3 inches. San Diego, Cal.; burrowing in sand 



among rocks. 



(Steindachner, Ichtli. Beitr. viii, 142, 1879 : Othonop<i eos Rosa Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1881, 19.) 



350.— TY:\^TI.A§TES Giiutber. 



(Giiiither, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudou, 18G2, 194 : type Amhhjopus sagitta Gtiiither.) 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with small, imbricate, cycloid 

 scales. Head elongate, quadrangular. Mouth wide, oblique, the lower 

 jaw projecting; teeth small, iu single series, none on vomer or palatines. 

 Eyes very small, or rudimentary. Dorsal fin single, continuous, about 

 G of its anterior rays simple; caudal fin pointed, more or less joined to 

 the dorsal and anal; ventral fins united. Air bladder very small or 

 absent. !N"o pseudobranchije. Vertebrte 11 + 20. Pacific Ocean. 

 {■ro>r?.aiTTr]e;, a mud-dabblcr.) 



996. T. sa|;itta Giintber. 



Grayish, sides and below silvery ; an ovate gray spot before each 

 dorsal ray; caudal gray. Body and head elongate, compressed, the 

 length of the latter two-thirds the distance between the base of the 

 ventral and the vent. Maxillary reaching to behind c} e ; teeth sub- 



