488 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



3964. Nautopsedium porosissimum (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Bagre sapo. 



South Carolina to Montevideo; Pensacola. 



Batrachus porosissirnus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XII, 



1837, 373 (501), Surinam, Cayenne, Rio Janeiro, and St. Catherine. 

 Porichthys plectrodon Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 



1882, 291, Galveston, Tex. 



Genus 1420. THALASSOPHRYNE Giinther. Poison toadfishes. 



Thalassophryne Giinther, Cat., Ill, 1861, 175 {T. macidosa Giinther). 

 Dsector Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 1898, 

 2325 {Thalassophry?te dowi Jordan and Gilbert). 



Subgenus THALASSOPHRYNE. 



3965. Thalassophryne maculosa Giinther. 



Caribbean Sea. 



Thalassophryne maculosa Giinther, Cat., Ill, 1861, 175, Puerto Cabello 

 near .\spinwall. 



3966. Thalassophryne reticulata Giinther. 



Panama. 



Thalassophryne reticulata Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 150, 

 155, Panama. 



Subgenus D.ffiCTOR Jordan and Evermann. 



3967. Thalassophryne dowi (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of North America from Punta Arenas to Panama. 

 Thallassophryne dowi Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 

 1887, 388, "Punta Arenas. 



Order YY. XENOPTERYGII 



Family 294. GOBIESOCID^ 



Genus 1421. CAULARCHUS Gill. 



Caularchus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 330 (Lepado- 

 gaster mivandricus G[ravd = Lepadogaster reticulatus Girard) ; name 

 preoccupied. 



3968. Caularchus maeandricus (Girard). Suckfish. 



Pacific coast of United States, from Vancouver Island to Monterey. 

 Lepadogaster reticulatus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 



155, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; name preoccupied. 

 Lepadogaster mseandricus Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., X, Pt. 4, Fishes, 



1S5S, 130, San Luis Obisi)c), Calif., and the Farallons. 



Genus 1422. BRYSSETiERES Jordan and Evermann. 



Bryssetseres Jordan and Evermann, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., VI, 

 1896, 230 {Gobiesox pinniger Gilbert). 



3969. Bryssetaeres pinniger (Gilbert). 



Gulf of California; known from Puerto Refugio (Angel Island), San 



Luis Gonzales Bay, and La Paz. 

 Gobiesox pinniger Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 94, Puerto 



Refugio, Gulf of California. 



Genus 1423. CAULISTIUS Jordan and Evermann. 



Caulistius Jordan and Gilbert, Check List, 1895, 491 {Gobiesox papillifer 

 Gilbert). 



Bryssophilus Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 

 1898, 2329 {Gobiesox papillifer XiUhcrt); accidental duplication over- 

 looked in proof reading. 



3970. Caulistius papillifer (Gilbert). 



Magdalena Bav, Lower California. 



Gobiesox papillifer Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 96, 

 Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 



Genus 1424. GOBIESOX Lacepede. Clingfishes. 



Gobiesox Lacc^-pedc, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1800, 595 (G. cephalus 



. Lac6pede). 

 Megaphalus Rafincsque, Anal. Nat., 1815, 86 (substitute for Gobiesox 



Lacepede) . 

 Sicyogaster Brisout de Barneville, Rev. Zool., 1846, 144 {Gobiesox 

 marmoratus Jenyns. 



