[105] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA^ 



395.— ELEOTRIS (Groiiow) Bloch & Schneider. (340, 341 6.)- 



1220. Eleotrispisonis Gniolin. W. (9dl) 



1221. Eleotris amblyopsis Cope. S. W. (9816.) 



1222. Eleotris aequidens ' .Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



396.— DORMITATOR Gill. (341) 



1223. Dormitator maculatus Bloch. W. (980, 981) 



1224. Dormitator latifrons^ Richardsou. P. 



397.— GOBIUS Limiaeus. 

 $ Euotenogohius Gill. 



1225. GobiuB lyiicus Girard. S. (983) 



1226. Gobius encaeomus Jordan & Gilbert. S. (983 6.) 



§ Ehinogobius Gill. 



1227. Gobius banana 3 Cnv.&Val. P.W. 



$ Gobius. 



1228. Gobius soporator Cuv. & Val. S. W. P. (984, 982, 985) 



ij Corijphopterus Gill. 



1229. Gobius sagittula^ GUnther. P. 



1230. Gobius boleosoma Jordan & Gilbert. S. (987 6.) 



1231. Gobius stigmaturus Goode & Bean. S. (987 c.) 



1232. Gobius •wiirdemauni* Girard. S. (987) 



1233. Gobius nicholsi Bean. A. (987 d.) 



1234. Gobius glaucofraenum Gill. A. (988) 



the maxillary about reaching front of eyes ; teeth rather small, in bands. Fins rather 

 high; dorsal spines slender, lower than the highest soft rays, which are 1^ in bead. 

 Caudal lanceolate, ^ longer than head. Ventrals moderate, 2 in head. Scales very 

 small cycloid. Head .^i; depth 10 to 12 D. VI-I, 10. A, I, 9. Lat. 1. about lUO. L. 

 8 inches. West Indies, north to Key West, not ascending the fresh waters. 



(Cuv. & Val., XII, 231, 1837; EroteVis raleiicionusi Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 273, I860. 

 Gunther, III, 123.) 



This species is the type of Poey's genus Erotdis (name an anagram of ETtotris), 

 distinguished from Eleotris by the very slender form, similar to that of GobioieUus. 



^ Culius cequidens Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1861, 461. Fresh waters 

 of Western Mexico and Lower California. 



^Eleotris latifrons Richardson, Voyage Sulphur, Fishes, 57 = Dormitator micropk- 

 ihahnus Gill. Streams of the Pacific coast, north to Lower California. There are 

 some tangible differences between the specimens of Dormitator found on the west 

 coast of Mexico and that found in the Atlantic waters. For an excellent account of 

 the genera and species of EleotridincB, see Eigenman and Fordise, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1885. 



■^ Gobius banana Cuv. «&. Val., XII, 103; GUnther, III, 59; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 379. Tropical America, north to Lower California, in fresb 

 water. 



* Euctenogobius sagittiila Giinther, III, 555. Gobius sagittula Jordan & Gilbert, Proc» 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 18S2, 380. Lower California to Panama. 



^For description of Gobius tvUrdemanni see .Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 3il2L. 



