Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2247 



7, none of them elongate, the membrane of last spine reaching base of first 

 soft ray ; soft anal rays of moderate height, \\ in head, the tips of last 

 rays reaching base of caudal, the fin similar to soft dorsal but lower; 

 caudal long, apparently rounded posteriorly, longer than head (mutilated 

 in our specimen) ; ventrals and pectorals reaching vent. Scales cycloid, 

 small, absent on belly, nape, and on sides in front of fourth dorsal spine. 

 Color in spirits, light olive, the fins dusky; a conspicuous round black 

 spot on shoulder, size of eye, its posterior margin denser black. Resem- 

 bling Zalypnus emblematicus, differing in its larger scales and different color- 

 ation. A single specimen, about 2 inches long, from Lower California, in 

 7 fathoms. (Gilbert.) (KVH\.O^ circle, cycloid; A.7ti$, scale.) 



Microgobius cyclolepis, GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 74, Albatross Station 3020, 

 Lower California. 



2579. ZALYPNUS EMBLEMATIC US (Jordan & Gilbert). 



HeadSf; depth 5. D. VII-16; A. 17; scales about 65. Anterior part 

 of body naked; teeth of upper jaw in one series; body elongate, com- 

 pressed, heaviest forward; depth 5 in length; head 3f; snout short, 

 rather broad, acute in profile; mouth terminal, very oblique; gape wide, 

 its length nearly % head; maxillary reaching to opposite middle of pupil; 

 lower jaw projecting. Teeth in lower jaw partly in 2 series in front, 

 forming a single row laterally; anterior teeth in both jaws strong, in- 

 curved. Eyes very large, about & of head; snout less than orbit. Scales 

 extremely small, cycloid, scarcely increasing in size toward caudal pedun- 

 cle ; head and anterior part of body to front of dorsal fin naked ; a narrow 

 naked strip along base of anterior \ of spinous dorsal. Dorsal spines very 

 slender and weak, some of the middle ones usually prolonged, sometimes 

 reaching nearly to the base of caudal, sometimes little elevated; second 

 dorsal and anal similar to each other, the rays high, the last when de- 

 pressed nearly reaching to the base of caudal; caudal pointed, a little 

 longer than head. Light olivaceous; above thickly punctate with pale 

 dots ; sides very thickly covered with golden-green specks ; back with 6 

 pairs of golden-green spots on each side of the dorsal fin, each nearly as 

 large as pupil; sides of head and anterior half of body with wide streaks 

 and bars alternately of purplish blue and golden bronze ; those on cheek 

 longitudinal; those on opercle extending obliquely upward and back- 

 ward, those on body vertical; first dorsal dusky, second dorsal with 

 about 3 series of light-blue spots ; anal pale ; caudal yellowish green be- 

 low, dusky above, a very conspicuous narrow bright-red streak from the 

 lower end of the base to the tip of the fifth or sixth ray from the bottom, 

 thus crossing the rays obliquely; ventrals bluish. In spirits, plain light 

 olive, with a silvery cross bar behind pectorals. Length 3 inches. Panama ; 

 known only from the original types. (jufiA.7}jua, a banner, from the high 

 dorsal.) 



Gobius emblematicus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull.TJ.S.Fish Comm.1881, 330, Bay of Panama. 

 Lepidogobius emblematicus, JORDAN & EIGENMANN,Z. c., 505. 



