THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 385 
134; least depth of caudal peduncle 524; first dorsal ray 1%; 
lower caudal lobe 1%; ventral 1%. Head flattened above and 
below. Snout short, broadly obtuse and protruding. Eye large, 
high, and circular. Interorbital space broadly concave. Nostrils 
close together in front of eye, directed forwards. First two 
dorsal spines slightly connected by membrane at base. Of second 
spinous dorsal first spine longest. Margin of soft dorsal notched. 
and fin beginning well before anal. Caudal with upper lobe a 
little longer. Pectoral not quite reaching base of caudal. Ventral 
inserted before dorsal. Color olivaceous-brown above and 
marked with darker shades, below pale. Dorsals pale brownish, 
with as many as 5 broad blotches on each. Pectoral blackish, 
mottled with darker. Other fins pale. Length nearly 18 inches. 
Holly Beach. 
It occurs off our coast at times and is said to be abundant. 
Dactylopterus volitans Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 817. 
Cephalacanthus volitans Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, 
p. 136.—Fowler, Science, XVII, April roth, 1903, p. 595. 
Sub-Order GOBIODEI. 
The Gobies. 
These are small carnivorous bottom fishes, mostly in warm 
waters. A single family in our waters. 
Family GOBIIDZ. 
The Gobies. 
Body elongate or oblong. Eyes usually moderate, sometimes 
concealed, and skin of head continuous with their covering. Den- 
tition various, teeth generally small, sometimes developed into 
great canines. Premaxillaries protractile. Suborbital without 
bony stay. Opercle unarmed. Preopercle unarmed or with a 
short spine. Gill-membranes more or less united to isthmus, 
gill-openings thus restricted to sides. Gills 4, a slit behind fourth. 
Pseudobranchiz present or absent. Usually no air-vessel. No 
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