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head, very close together. Snout short, little more than -J as long as 

 the eye. Mouth wide; maxillary reaching a vertical from the middle of 

 the eye, moderately oblique. First dorsal higher, anterior 3 rays pro- 

 longed in the filaments, third ray longest 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 head, pointed. Scales large, thiu, deciduous, 27 in a longitudinal series, 

 2 rows above the lateral line. Yellowish, with a few puiictulations 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 dis- 

 tinguish this species from its nearest allies of the same locality. Off Key 

 West, in 60 fathoms. ("The specific name is given in honor of the distin- 

 guished ichthyologists who have added so much to our knowledge of the 

 American Gobiida3, C. H. and R. S. Eigenmann.") 



Gobius eigenmanni, GARMAN, Bull. Lab. Nat. Sci. State Univ. Iowa, vol. iv, No. 1, 88, 1896; 

 off Key West in 60 fathoms. (Coll. Iowa Univ. Bahama Expedition.) 



2539. GOBIES GLAUCOFILENFM (Gill). 



Head 3; depth 4. D. VI-10; A. I, 9; P. 18; lateral transverse 7. Body 

 robust, compressed; head naked; mouth oblique, the lower jaw slightly 

 projecting, the maxillaries extending to below pupil; teeth long, in many 

 series, the outer curved; scales ctenoid, large. Pectoral fin with the 

 upper rays little branched, not silk-like; cheeks scarcely tumid; caudal 

 and pectoral longer than ventrals, about as long as head. Tawny, with 

 a faint blue spot in the center of each scale, and Avith 6 spots, each 

 formed by aggregation of dark dots, on the ridge of the back between 

 the second dorsal spine and the axil of the soft dorsal fin ; another row of 

 similar but fainter spots runs from the scapular region, and a third row 

 along the middle of the sides ; head tawny, with dark spots and blue dots; 

 a straight blue line across the cheek ; dorsal fins with faint blue spots. 

 Length 1 inches. Florida Keys; said to have come from the coast of 

 Washington, but this is probably an error, as the species has not since been 

 taken there, while 1 apparently identical has been taken at Tortugas.* 

 (glaucus, glaucous; fras-num, bridle.) 



* Dr. Eigenmanu thus describes the specimens from the Tortugas examined by him: 

 Gobius glaucofranum (Gill). Head 3* (4f in total); depth 4i (5|). D. VI-10; A. 10; 

 scales in a median series, 23, in a transverse series, 8; eye as long as snout, 3 In head, 

 jaws equal, maxillary barely reaching pupil. Teeth in bands in both jaws, those of the 

 outer row of lower jaw enlarged. Dorsal spines scarcely filamentous, the third highest 

 and equaling depth of body. Posterior dorsal rays highest, as high as spines ; anal simi- 

 lar to soft dorsal; pectoral long and narrow, longer than head, 3J in body; ventral reach- 

 ing past vent; scales large, thin, finely toothed, reduced on breast; nape naked. Color 

 in spirits, light yellowish brown; a light spot oil each scale, the spots especially con- 

 spicuous near shoulder; 6 dark spots on middle of b.ick; fainter but similar spots along 

 middle of sides ; a conspicuous dark spot above opercle; a wavy light line extending fof- 

 ward from it through lower rim of eye to snout; a straight pale-blue bar extending par- 

 allel to it across preopercle and cheek' to corner of mouth ; a narrow faint bar below it; a 

 triangular dark spot at corner of mouth; cheeks and preopercle purplish chocolate ; oper- 

 cle and snout plain yellowish; 2 brown spots at base of caudal ; the smaller specimens 

 differing from this in having the markings more distinct. Length of 4 specimens examined, 

 II. i/5. li. IB inches. (Eigenmaun.) 



