Jordan and Evermann, Fishes of North America. 2225 



opening not continued forward above opercle; first dorsal with 2 or 3 

 spines filamentous, the longest reaching, past the middle of the second 

 dorsal, which is of moderate height and similar to the anal; caudal long 

 and pointed, longer than the head; pectoral as long as head, about 

 reaching front of anal; upper rays of pectorals not silk-like; ventrals 

 somewhat shorter than head, their insertion below front of pectorals; 

 scales large, rough, those on nape, pectoral region, and belly reduced in 

 size ; head naked. Color in life, dark olive, with 4 or 5 irregular confluent 

 blackish cross hands, besides dark blotches and irregular markings ; head 

 marbled with darker, the jaws, opercles, and branch iostegals blackish; 

 first dorsal mostly dusky translucent, somewhat barred; second dorsal 

 and anal plain dusky; caudal dark blue, with 2 longitudinal stripes of 

 bright red; pectoral finely barred or reticulated with blackish and pale; 

 head and belly yellowish. Female specimens duller and paler. Gulf of 

 Mexico, from Galveston to Cuba and the Lesser * Antilles ; rather common. 

 (lyricus, pertaining to a lyre, apparently an allusion to the dorsal spines.) 



Gobius lyricus, GlRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1858, 169, Brazos Santiago, Texas ; 

 GIRARD, U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., 25, pi. 12, figs. 4 and 5, 1859; GUNTHER, Cat., Ill, 



550, 1861; JORDAN & ElGENMANN, 1. C., 496; ElGENMANN & ElGENMANN, I. C., 63. 



Smaragdus costalesi, POEY, Memorias, n, 280, 1861, Havana. (Type, No. 13109, M. C. Z. 



Coll. Felipe Poey.) 

 Gobius wurdemanni, GlRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1858, 169, Brazos Santiago ; 



probably the female ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 634.t 

 Euctengobius lyricus. JORDAN & GILBERT. Synopsis, 633, 1883. 



2549. GOBIUS GARMANI, Eigenmann <fc Eigenmann. 



Head 4 in length (5 in total); depth 4 (5i). D. VI-11; A. 11; scales 

 30-7. Body robust, head short and blunt; profile in front of eye abruptly 

 decurved, rounded much as in GoMus boleosoma; mouth inferior, horizon- 

 tal; lower jaw included; maxillary extending to below pupil, 2 in head; 

 lips thin; teeth short and thick, in a single series in each jaw. Dorsals 

 contiguous; dorsal spines filamentous, the second and third longer than 

 the rest, reaching past first third of second dorsal; last dorsal rays reach- 

 ing base of caudal ; pectorals equaling head in length ; ventral short and 

 broad, 5 in body ; caudal rather long and pointed, 3 in body. Scales large, 

 slightly reduced and cycloid on nape. Color yellowish, marbled with 

 brown ; a series of irregular blotches along the sides ; a light spot at base 



* A specimen from St. Kitts is thus described by Eigenmann : "Depth 5 in length ; head 

 4. The second and third dorsal spines extend to base of caudal; dorsal scarcely less than 

 length of head, the last rays reaching past base of caudal; the caudal fin is f longer than 

 the head, 2J in body. Color light brown, faintly marked with darker; the first dorsal 

 with minute dark points, the lower fourth of the spines with simple dark spots, above 

 which are jet-black spots ocellated with white; the second dorsal fin dusky, darker pos- 

 teriorly, the basal portion of the last half of the fin evenly black, the anterior 4 rays marked 

 with dark points similar to the spots on the lower parts of the spines of the first dorsal; 

 caudal dusky, with 2 light bars; anal plain, darker than body; ventral fins blackish, 

 edged with white ; pectorals blackish, with many series of white spots on the membrane, 

 and short, white bars at base; branchiostegal membrane black, with a light margin. 



t Gobius wurdemanni, Girard. Appearance of Gobius lyricus. Reddish brown, ob- 

 scurely barred with dusky. Head larger; caudal shorter; ventrals shorter; anal lower; 

 scales smaller than in G. lyricus ; teeth very slender, much smaller than in G. lyricus ; 

 third dorsal spine filamentous. D. VI-11; A. 12. Brazos Santiago, Texas. (Girard.) 

 (Named for Dr. Guatav Wurdeinann, its collector.) 



