Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2201 



second dorsal when fin is depressed ; origin of smal a little behind that 

 of soft dorsal ; pectorals reaching to posterior spine of first dorsal ; ven- 

 trals inserted very slightly behind base of pectorals ; caudal peduncle as 

 wide as length of maxillary. Color brownish ; tins with dark spots and 

 wavy lines; ventrals dusky; 2 dark stripes behind the orbit. Here 

 described from specimens, 6 or 7 inches long, collected in the Rio Almen- 

 dares, Cuba, by. Dr. Jordan. Streams of the West Indies, generally com- 

 mon from southern Florida to Rio Janeiro. Dr. Eigenrnann enumerates 

 many specimens from various localities in Brazil. (Named for Dr. William 

 Piso, of the University of Leyden, associate of George Marcgraf and 

 Prince Maurice of Nassau, in 1648, in the study of the natural history of 

 Brazil.) 



Amore pixuma, MARCGRAVE & Piso, Hist. Brasil., IV, 166, 1648, Brazil. 



Eleotris capite plagioplateo, GBONOW, Mus. Ichth., n, 168, 1757; after MARCGRAVE. 



Gobius pisonis, GMELIN, Syst. Nat., 1206, 1788; based on Eleotris of GRONOW. 



Gobius amorea, WALBAUM, Artedi Piscium, in, 205, 1792 ; based on Eleotris of GRONOW. 



Eleotris gyrinus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xn, 220, pi. 356, 1837, 



Martinique; San Domingo; Surinam. 

 Eleotris (Oulius) belizianus* SAUVAGE, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1879 (1880), 55, Belize 



(Coll. Morelet), Cayenne (Coll. M61inon) ; EIGENMANN & FORDICE, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. 1885, 75; EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 55. 

 Eleotris pisonis, JORDAN & EIGENMANN, 1. c., 483; EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, L c., 55. 



2523. ELEOTEIS PERNIGER (Cope). 



Head 4; depth 4f. D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 9; scales 61; eye 3 in interorbital 

 width; no vomerine teeth. A strong spine at posterior angle of preoper- 

 culum, directed downward. Premaxillary spines not prominent in pro- 

 file; scaling of vertex extending to their extremities. Longitudinal 

 diameter of orbit ^ length of head. Color black, abdomen brown, fins 

 dusky ; first dorsal with white extremity and 2 longitudinal black bars, 

 1 along the base ; other fins with small black bars ; [no] maxillary or caudal 

 spot or ocellus. Length 5 inches. West Indies, south to Rio Janeiro. 

 (Cope.) A specimen in our collection from Jamaica. It is close to E. pisonis, 

 but the cheeks are not fully scaled, (perniger, very black.) 



Oulim perniger, COPE, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. 1870, 473, St. Martins. (ColL Dr. B. E. van 



Rijgersma.) 

 Eleotris perniger, EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, I.e., 55. 



2524. ELEOTRIS PICTUS, Kner & Steindachner. 



(GUAVINA.) 



Head 3 to 3; depth 6. D. VI-I, 7 or 8; A. I, 7 or 8 ; lateral line 60; 24 

 scales in an oblique series from front of soft dorsal downward and back- 



* Eleotris belizianus is described as follows : Head 4 in total; depths. D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 8; 

 scales 60; eye 5 in head. Preopercle with a spine turned downward; 16 rows of scales 

 between soft dorsal and anal; scales of top of head a little smaller than those of body, 

 extending forward nearly to front of eyes ; cheeks scaly ; scales ciliate. Interocular space 

 flattened, broader than eye ; snout depressed a little longer than eye ; lower jaw promi- 

 nent; outer teeth enlarged ; maxillary reaching front of eye. Dorsals contiguous. Color 

 brownish, faint dark streaks on the fins. Belize; Cayenne. (Sauvage.) Length 100 mm. 

 Evidently not different from E, pisonis. 



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