246 FISHES. 



(L. Ontario, L. Michigan) in deep water; till lately 

 known only from remains found in the stomachs of Lake 

 Trout and Ling. 



FAMILY XCVL GOBIID^E. 



(The Gobies.) 



Body elongated, low, naked or scaly; dorsals two, 

 sometimes united, the spines flexible and less developed 

 than the soft rays; anal similar to soft dorsal; ventrals 

 1, 5 (rarely 1, 4), sometimes united, forming a disk; gill 

 openings narrow; teeth generally small; a prominent 

 papilla near the vent, as in the Blennies; air bladder 

 usually wanting; no pyloric appendages. Genera thirty; 

 species three hundred and twenty-five. Of the seas of 

 temperate and tropical regions, found on the bottoms 

 near the shore. A few species inhabit both salt and 

 fresh water. 

 * Body naked ; ventrals united. . . . GOBIOSOMA, 1. 



/. GOBIOSOMA, Girard. NAKED GOBIES. 

 1. G. molestum, Grd. Dusky brown; head 3 in 

 length; D. VII 12; A. 12. Coast of Texas, entering 

 rivers. A single specimen in the Museum of Oomp. 

 Zoology from the Ohio R., near Louisville (Putnam). 



STJB-OEDER - ANACAJSTTHINL 



(TJie Jugular Fishes.) 



FAMILY XCVIL GADID^. 



(TJie God Fishes.) 



Body elongated, covered with small smooth scales; 

 dorsal fins 1, 2 or 3, occupying most of the back; rays 

 of posterior part well developed; vertical fins never 



