FAMILY GOBIDA — GOBIUS. 161 
Color. ‘Surface greenish brown, with seven or eight paler transverse bars over the body 
“and tail; fins dark brown, with a bluish shade” (Mitchill). Caudal fin with two or three 
curved bars. 
Length, 2:0. Depth, 0°3. Breadth of the head, 0°3. 
Finirays;D56.145. Pos Vepl2 orld) TAC 2-C@; 19: 
This species must, from the absence of scales, and its indistinctly connected dorsals, form 
the type of a new genus. It is with some hesitation that I have annexed the synonimes of 
Bosc and Lacépede, but they evidently point to this or a very closely allied species. It is 
found rarely in the harbor of New-York. I have seen some specimens an inch long, with the 
vertical bars quite indistinct. Its known geographical range is at present included between 
New-York and Charleston. 
Fauna — Parr 4. 21 
