946 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



cross-bars and blotches; fins mostly spotted or barred. Body elongate. 

 Head large, low, not very blunt. Mouth large, very oblique, the man- 

 dible strongly i)rojecting; the maxillary extending to below middle of 

 pupil, 2 in head. Teeth in few series, those of the outer row very 

 long, slender, and curved. Scales small, cycloid, imbedded. Head 

 and nape scaleless. Dorsal spines slender, the longest somewhat fila- 

 mentous; caudal long; upper pectoral rays not silk-like; ventrals in- 

 serted directly below pectorals. Head 3J; depths. D. VI-15; A. 10; 

 Lat. 1. 42. L. 3 inches. Florida to Texas. 



(Gobiits gulosus Grd. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. Ichth. 1859, 26.) 



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 987 (b). G. boSeosoma J. & G. 



Pale olivaceous, mottled with darker; male with a black humeral 

 spot; tins barred, their edges tinged with orange. Form, size, and 

 coloration of Boleosoma olmstedi. Head not very blunt. Mouth mod- 

 erate, horizontal, the lower jaw included; the maxillary reaching nearly 

 to middle of eye. Teeth small, slender, in narrow bands, the outer 

 somewhat larger. Scales moderate, ctenoid. Dorsal spines not fila- 

 mentous; caudal pointed, slightly longer than head; upper rays of 

 pectorals not silk-like. Head 4; depth 4 J. D. VI-12; A. I, 11; Lat. 

 1. 33. L. 2 inches. Pensacola, Fla. 



(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 295.) 



987 (c). G. stngmatiirus Goode & Bean. 



Light olive, sides marbled with whitish; a dusky spot on opercle and 

 one below eye; sides with 5 dusky blotches along median line, the last 

 one a round black sjiot at base of caudal; vertical fins with wavy black- 

 ish bars ; i^aired fins plain. Form of G. boleosoma ; head not very blunt; 

 snout little shorter than eye; lower jaw not shorter than upper. Max- 

 illary extending to below middle of eye, 2| in head. Teeth strong, 

 curved, those of the upper jaw in a narrowband, two of the teeth some- 

 what canine-like; lower teeth large, in a single irregular series. Scales 

 large, those on the nape reduced, all ctenoid. Dorsal spines slender; 

 fins not elevated ; caudal as long as head ; upper rays of pectoral not 

 silk-like. Head 4; depth 6. D. VI-12; A. 12; Lat. 1. 30. L. 2 inches. 

 West coast of Florida. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 418.) 

 987 (d). O. nicliolsi Bean. 



Olivaceous; scales edged with dusky; top of spinous dorsal black; 

 second dorsal and caudal spotted with dark; ventrals black. Body 



