""^isoo!"'] PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 95 



55. Gobiesox funebris sp. nov. 



Body rather slender, its width 5 in length. Width of head 3i to 

 nearly 4. 



Head 2f to 3 in length; depth half head. D. 0; A. 6 or 7. L. 2i 

 inches. 



Teeth in upper ^aw conical, in several series, unequal but without 

 canines. In lower jaw mesially in two series, the outer of narrow en- 

 tire incisors, truncate or rounded, without lateral canines. Interorh- 

 ital space wide, 3 in head, the eye small, f interorbital width. Mouth 

 very wide, half or more than halt length of head. Ventral disk wider 

 than long, its length IJ to 1§ in head. No evident opercular spine. 



Distance from front of dorsal to base of caudal 2f| to 3 in length 

 anterior to dorsal. Distance from vent to front of anal fin li to 1| in 

 its distance to disk. Base of dorsal from IJ to 1^ in head ; base of 

 anal about half head. Caudal rounded, If to If in head; pectorals 3^ 

 in head. 



Color: Varying from dark olive-brown to black, everywhere covered 

 with fine yellowish vermiculations, usually arranged to form narrow 

 lighter bars on the sides. Three or four obscure dark streaks radiating 

 from the eye. Blackish below, the fins varying from l)lackish to straw- 

 color. 



Abundant at Puerto Eefugio (Angel Island) and La Paz. 



56. Gobiesox humeralis sp. nov. 



Body of moderate width, the head not evenly rounded anteriorly, 

 becoming contracted opposite eyes, the snout forming a quadrate pro- 

 jection beyond the profile, as seen from above. Head wider than body. 

 Width of body 4;^ in length, of head 3.^. 



Teeth in a single series in each jaw, the anterior narrow incisors, tri- 

 lobate at tip, the two posterior teeth on each side strong conical canines, 

 somewhat recurved. About twelve incisors in the upper jaw. 



Interorbital space very wide, about equaling width of niouth, 2J to 2,h 

 in length of head. Eye very small, 3 in interorbital space. Head 3 to 

 3^ in length. 



Ventral disk as wide as long, its length l^in head. No evident oper- 

 cular spine. Distance from front of dorsal to base of caudal 3 in 

 length anterior to dorsal. Base of dorsal 1§ in head, of anal half head. 



D. 8 or 9 ; A. 7. 



Distance from vent to front of anal half its distance from disk. 

 Caudal broadly rounded. If in head. Pectoral one-third head, with- 

 out distinct fold of skin across it. 



Ground-color, dark olive-brownish, crossed by many carmine-red 

 bars, these somewhat broken anteriorly and above, to form reticulating 

 lines, posteriorly and on lower part of sides more regular and running 

 obliquely downwards and backwards. A conspicuous round humeral 



