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punctate. Young lighter, showing the reticulations, but the other mark- 

 ings faint or undeveloped. Length about 2J inches. (Eigenmaiin.) 

 "This species agrees with Lepidogobiiis in the presence of papillae on the 

 inner edge of shoulder girdle. It differs decidedly in the shape of the 

 occipital region of the cranium, which is transversely evenly convex as in 

 Clevelandia; not abruptly widened behind the orbits, not continuous later- 

 ally with the temporal ridge as in Gobius, Lepidogobius, etc. From Cleve- 

 landia and Gillichthys, Lepidogobius gilberti differs in the presence of papilla 1 

 on the shoulder girdle, and from Gillichthys y-cauda in the shape of the 

 cranium." (Gilbert MS.) San Diego Bay and southward; found by Dr. 

 Gilbert abundant at Magdalena Bay, at Concepcion Bay, and St. Georges 

 Bay, in the Gulf of California. (Named for Charles Henry Gilbert, pro- 

 fessor of Zoology in the Leland Stanford Junior University. ) 



Lepidogobius gilberti, EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 464, San Diego 

 Bay. (Type, No. 40128, U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. C. H. Eigenmann.) 



825. CLEVELANDIA, Eigenmann & Eigenmann. 



Clevelandia, EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 73 (longipinnis, EIGEN- 

 MANN & EIGENMANN, = rosce). 



This genus is closely allied to Gillichthys, differing chiefly in the form 

 of the skull, which is rounded above, strongly convex in transverse pro- 

 file, perfectly smooth, without ridges or crests. Body long and slender; 

 maxillary much produced, but not extending to the gill opening; mouth 

 horizontal ; dorsal spines 4 or 5, very weak ; body covered with minute 

 cycloid embedded scales ; soft dorsal and anal long, each of 14 to 17 rays. 

 (Named for Daniel Cleveland, esq., president of the San Diego Society of 

 Natural History, a gentleman deeply interested in scientific matters.) 



a. Caudal short, rounded; dorsal spines 5. IDS, 2586. 



aa. Caudal pointed, scarcely shorter than head ; dorsal spines 4. KOS^E, 2587. 



2586. CLEVELAXDIA IOS (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 3 in length of body; depth 6. D. V-16; A. 14; eye 6 in head; 

 maxillary If; pectoral If ; ventrals 1|; caudal 1; base of soft dorsal 3 in 

 length of body ; base of anal 3. Body long and slender, compressed, the 

 back not elevated; caudal peduncle moderately wide; head long, profile 

 steep to within a short distance of the front of the eye, thence horizontal ; 

 mouth very large, not very oblique, the maxillary projecting to opposite 

 the middle of the cheek; jawssubequal; teeth in narrow villiform bands; 

 eye small, longer than wide, set high in head ; interorbital space narrow, 

 about as wide as eye. Body covered with very small cycloid scales, too 

 small to count ; spinous dorsal well separated from soft dorsal, the spines 

 slender; soft dorsal the higher, its origin a little nearer base of caudal fin 

 than tip of snout; anal about equal to soft dorsal in height, its origin a 

 little behind first dorsal ray, ending at about the same comparative place 

 as soft dorsal ; ventrals inserted slightly behind pectorals, reaching mid- 

 way between their base and front of anal ; caudal short, its end rounded. 



