FISHES COLLECTED BY BAHAMA EXPEDITION. gg 



the middle of the eye, moderately oblique. First dorsal higher, 

 anterior three rays prolonged in the filaments, third ray long- 

 est and reaching to the eighth ray of the second dorsal. 

 Origin of anal fin midway from edge of preopercle to base of 

 caudal. Pectorals nearly as long as the head. Caudal as 

 long as the head, pointed. Scales large, thin, deciduous, 

 twenty seven in a longitudinal series, two rows above the 

 lateral line. 



Yellowish, with a few puncticulations of black near the 

 bases of the caudal rays, with a light-edged black spot on the 

 outer halves of the fourth to the sixth rays of the first dorsal, 

 and with a black streak around the mouth immediately above 

 the maxillary. The long body, the large eye, the dorsal spot, 

 and the streak above the mouth serve to distinguish this spe- 

 cies from its nearest allies of the same locality. The specific 

 name is given in honor of the distinguished ichthyologists who 

 have added so much to our knowledge of the American 

 Gobiidce, C. H. and R. S. Eigenmann. 



Off Key West, in 60 fathoms. 



Gobius soporator C. V., i837,xii, 56. 

 Spanish Wells. 



Blennius pilicornis C. V., 1836, xi, 254. 



Small subhexagonal reticulations on each cheek present the 

 appearance of scales. Anal fin darker toward ends ot rays, 

 which are white. Dorsal fin darker in the outer half. A few 

 dots of black scattered along the sides. Basal portions of dor- 

 sal and anal light. Median rays of caudal longer; outer mar- 

 gins dark. Caudal, pectorals and ventrals lighter than the 

 other fins. 



Tortugas. 



Myxodes macropus Poey, 1868, Syn. Pise. Cub., 399. 

 Tortugas. 



Atherina stipes M. &Ti\, 1848, Schomb. Hist. Barbad., 671. 

 Tortugas. 

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