Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2221 



We find no other differences, and refer all of them to G. stigmaturus. The 

 relations of G. boleosoma, G. stigmaturus, and G. encceomus are certainly very 

 intimate. Florida Keys, not very common, our specimens from Key 

 West. (6Tiy^a, spot; ovpd, tail.) 



Gobius stigmaturus, GOODE & BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 418, no type locality given, 

 but specimens probably from Florida Keys ; JORDAN <fc GILBERT, Synopsis, 946, 1883; 

 JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 140; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 495. 



2542. GOBIUS QUADRIPORUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 9; scales as in Gobius caninus. The 2 pores on the 

 vertical arm of preopercle very open ; 2 smaller ones above them ; teeth of 

 outer series small; 2 small canines on each side of lower jaw; dorsal 

 spines not prolonged as filaments. Color yellowish, with lighter lines 

 which follow the rows of scales; brown spots on dorsal; 2 lines on cheek. 

 Surinam. (Cuvier & Valenciennes.) Not seen by us. (quatuor, four; 

 porus, pore.) 



Gobius quadriporus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xn. 87, 1837, Surinam ; 

 EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 61. 



2543. GOBIUS SHUFELDTI, Jordan & Eigeninann. 



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Head 3f to 3| ; depth 5i ; eye 4 ; snout 3i to 3. D. VI-12 ; A. 13 ; scales 

 33 to 35. Body moderately elongate, subfusiform ; head less blunt than in 

 Gobius bohosoma, the anterior profile gently decurved ; mouth large, slightly 

 oblique; maxillary extending to front of pupil, 2 in head. Teeth small, 

 slender, and curved, in moderate bands; scales covering anterior half of 

 trunk; head and breast naked; scales moderate, ctenoid, those in front 

 much reduced. Longest dorsal spine !- in head; caudal fin as long as 

 head, somewhat pointed. Olivaceous, mottled with gray; about 5 round 

 dark blotches along middle of side, the last at base of caudal; no dark 

 spot on side of nape; some dark marks 011 head; vertical fins barred. 

 Gulf coast of the United States, known as yet only from fresh waters 

 about New Orleans. (Named for Dr. Robert Wilson Shufeldt, U. S. A., 

 who collected the types.) 



Gobius shufeldti, JORDAN & EIGENMANN, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 495, New Orleans. 

 (Type, No. 35202.) 



2544. GOBIUS BOLEOSOMA, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 4 (5 in total) ; depth 4| to 5*. D. VI-12 ; A. 1, 10 to 12 ; scales 25 to 

 30. Body slender, subfusiform, little compressed; head moderate, not 

 very blunt, the anterior profile somewhat evenly decurved, the snout not 

 very short, scarcely shorter than the large eye; mouth not very large, 

 horizontal, the lower jaw included, the maxillary extending slightly be- 

 yond front of pupil, its length about 3 in head ; teeth small, slender, in 

 narrow bands, those of the outer series longer than the others; eyes 

 placed high, about 4 in head; interorbital space not wider than pupil; 

 scales moderate, ctenoid, those on nape and belly not much reduced in 

 size ; gill opening not continued forward above opercle ; first dorsal with 



