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GOBIIDA. 
The members of this family are all small and not at present used for 
food by man in the San Diego region. They play a most important role 
in fish economy, since, next to the species of Stolephorus, they probably 
furnish the largest share of food for the fishes of the bay. The species 
have been discussed in Zoe for May, 1890. 
Gobius nicholsi Bean. 
I have not taken this species. Dr. Gilbert informs me that it is 
quite abundant in deep water off Point Loma. 
Lepidogobius gilberti E. & E. 
E. & E., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1888, 464; Eigenmann, Zoe, May, 1890. 
This species is less abundant than the preceding, with which it is 
sometimes associated. Most of the specimens known were dug out of 
the sand near La Playa. It spawns early in May. 
Lepidogobius y-cauda (J. & E.). (Plate xiv, Fig. 6.) 
E. & E., 790, 11; Eigenmann, Zoe, May, 1890. 
This species is found in tide pools nearer low-water mark than Cleve- 
landia. It is not very abundant. 
Clevelandia longipinnis (Steindachner). (Plate xiv, Fig. 5.) 
£. & E., 790, 10; Exgenmann, Zoe, May, 1890. 
This is the most abundant fish in the bay. It is found in great 
abundance in all the little pools left on mud flats by the receding tide. 
Like most other species of this family found about San Diego it hides 
in holes in the mud or sand as soon as disturbed. 
Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper. (Plate xv, Fig. 12.) 
Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. J. &G.,’80, 25; R. Smith, 780; J. & G., ’80a, 455; 
id.,’81, 535 id., ’82, 636; R. Smith, ’85, June; E..& E., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
1888, 463 (as G. townsendi); Zoe, May, 1890. 
Very abundant in the sloughs of mud flats. During summer they 
bite voraciously at all bait offered, especially during the incoming tide. 
Toward their spawning season they retire to their respective crab 
holes, and no morsel, be it ever so tempting, willlure them forth. They 
first spawn at San Diego about the end of March. The young are very 
active, jumping several times their own length if left dry in a watch 
crystal. It is the largest of the gobies found about San Diego. 
Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner. (Plates Xv and XVIII.) 
Steind. Ichthyol. Beitr., virr, 23, 1879; R. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 19, 
as Othonops cos; J. & G., ’81, 53; id., ’82, 639; R. Smith, ’85, June; KE. & E., 
West. Am. Scié@ntist, June, 1889; Eigenmann, Zoe, May, 1890. 
Abundant at Point Loma under rocks between tide marks. 
The most remarkable of the gobies is undoubtedly the blind one inhab- 
