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reaching I the distance from their base to vent; dorsal spines not fila- 

 mentous; skin wholly naked. Color in spirits, lower half of head and 

 body uniform warm brown, the back much lighter, the two areas sepa- 

 rated by a well-defined line along middle of sides ; this line passing through 

 orbit and through the middle of the base of the pectoral fin ; back light 

 gravish, with brownish reticulations, which tend to form 5 or 6 indis- 

 tinct darker bars uniting with the darker area below the lateral line; 

 a conspicuous brown crescent at base of caudal and pectorals, broad 

 below, narrowing above, margined in front with whitish ; anal brown at 

 base; dorsal and caudal with small brown spots forming faint cross series. 

 A single specimen known. Off coast of Lower California. (Gilbert.) 

 (crescentalis, pertaining to a crescent.) 



Gobiosoma crescentalii, GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. !N"at. Mus. 1891, 557, off coast of Lower Cal- 

 ifornia, at Albatross Station 2825, 24 22' N., 110 19' 15" W., in 79 fathoms. 



2594. GOBIOSOMA MULTIFASCIATTJM, Steindachner. 



Head about 4; depth 5. D. VII-12 (Poey), VI-11 (Steindachner) ; eye 4 

 in head. Body and head compressed. Angle of mouth little behind center 

 of eye. Teeth pointed, in several series, those of outer series somewhat 

 enlarged. Dorsal rays not filamentous ; caudal fin rounded. Head light 

 yellow ; a carmine-red bar extending along upper edge of head, from 

 upper corner of gill opening to snout, where it joins its fellow, ending 

 behind over the pectoral in a small indigo-blue spot ; body with 16 or 17 

 light-green, well-defined cross bars, separated by narrow white stripes. 

 (Steindachner.) West Indies; known from Cuba, St. Thomas, and the 

 Lesser Antilles ; not seen by us. Its coloration is very different from that 

 of Gobiosoma, and it may belong to a distinct genus, (multus, many; 

 fasciatus, banded.) 



Gobius lineatus,* POEY, Memorias, II, 424, 1861, Cuba; name preoccupied by Gobius line- 



aius, JENYNS. 

 Gobiosoma multifasciatum, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitrage, V, 183, 1870, Lesser Antilles; 



JORDAN & EIGENMANN, 1. c. , 509; EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 73. 



828. BARBULIFER, Eigenmann & Eigenmann. 



Barbulifer, EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 70 (papillosus). 



A series of numerous minute barbels around the mouth and chin ; other- 

 wise as in Gobiosoma; body naked, the dorsal spines 7; second dorsal and 

 anal very short, (barbula, a small barbel; fero, I bear.) 



2595. BARBTJLIFER CEUTHOECUS (Jordan & Gilbert) . 



Head 3; depth 7. D.VII-10; eye 4; A. 10. Body slender; head nar- 

 row and slender, depressed; snout not blunt; mouth terminal, oblique, 

 the maxillary reaching to below eye, 3 in head; eyes close together; chin 



* Gobius lineatus is thus described : Head 3 ; depth of body 6 in length. D. VII-12 ; 

 eye 6 in head. Body elongate, subcylindrical, maxillary extending almost to below 

 middle of eye; pectorals rounded; dorsals high. Yellowish green; the body with 20 ver- 

 tical yellow bands; a red band extending from snout to point of opercle; fins yellowish. 

 Cuba. (Poey.) Type .43 mm. in length. 



