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2561. GARMANNIA HEMIGYMNA (Eigenmann & Eigenmann). 



Head 3f (4| in total) ; depth 4f . D. VI-10; A. 8; scales smaller than in 

 Garmannia paradoxa, 17-7. Body compressed, depressed anteriorly, the 

 greatest depth in this specimen being at origin of anal and second dorsal 

 fins. Head wider than deep, rounded; profile much decurved from eye 

 to mouth as in paradoxa; eye perfectly round, smaller than in paradoxa, 

 1^ in rounded snout, 5 in head; interorbital space scarcely wider than 

 orbit ; mouth somewhat oblique, larger than in paradoxa ; maxillary reach- 

 ing beyond posterior rim of orbit; lower jaw slightly shorter than upper; 

 teeth in upper jaw in a band, the outer series remote, and the teeth several 

 times as large as in the inner row, all more or less movable ; teeth in lower 

 jaw similar, a recurved canine on each side near the front. Scales very 

 weakly ctenoid, covering only the sides of the posterior half of body, not 

 extending quite to base of dorsal or anal fins even at their posterior inser- 

 tion ; the upper and lower edges of the caudal peduncle likewise free from 

 scales, the scaly region, however, widest on peduncle and tapering for- 

 ward to the central point opposite beginning of anal, where the scales are 

 smallest. First spine of the dorsal not elongate as in G. paradoxa, 1 in 

 head, the third, fourth, and fifth spines slightly exceeding the first in 

 height, equaling the posterior rays of soft dorsal, which are little higher 

 than the anterior rays of the soft dorsal ; caudal rounded, about 4 in length 

 of body, 1 in head; ventral not reaching vent. 1 in head; pectorals 

 rounded, rather short and broad, 1 in head. Color light olivaceous, with- 

 out distinct markings, everywhere with minute dark punctulations ; 8 

 faint cross bars from dorsal to middle of sides, which, close under dorsal 

 fins, are formed of 2 blackish dots ; 8 black dots along lateral line, the 

 last at base of caudal; fins all smutty, the pectoral lightest, white on its 

 anterior half, 2 dusky spots at its base; opercle ashy; a light bar at base 

 of caudal ; iris blackish blue, a short straight streak of same color from 

 eye to upper lip ; an irregular bluish mark on cheeks formed of punctula- 

 tions closely crowded. West Indies, exact locality unknown; taken with 

 the dredge, (rjui, half; yv^ivdf,, naked.) 



Gobius hemigymnus, EIQENMANN & EIGENMANN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 66, dredged in 

 the West Indies. 



Subgenus ENYPNIAS, Jordan & Evermann. 

 2562. GARMANNIA SEMINUDA (Giinther). 



Head 4 ; depth 6. D. VI-15 ; A. 10. Head and anterior portion of trunk 

 naked; sides with exceedingly small scales, becoming somewhat larger 

 posteriorly. Head with the cheeks swollen, depressed, broader than high, 

 its width length. Eyes close together, directed upward, of moderate 

 size; snout obtuse, as long as the eye; cleft of the mouth slightly oblique, 

 with the jaws equal anteriorly, and with the maxillary extending to below 

 the middle of the eye. Teeth in villiform bands, the anterior of the lower 

 jaw slightly enlarged; 2 small curved canine teeth on each side of lower 

 jaw. Dorsal fins rather low, the hind part of the spinous dorsal scarcely 

 lower than anterior ; caudal rounded, as long as pectoral ; none of pectoral 

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