Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2261 



with a fringe of short "barbies; vertical fins high, rays not filamentous. 

 Upper half of head and body brown, finely speckled ; 4 oblong, colorless 

 areas along base of dorsals and a smaller one on back of caudal peduncle ; 

 lower parts abruptly pale ; back with 5 or 6 blackish cross bars reaching to 

 middle of sides, below which they extend as 5 or 6 short V-shaped pro- 

 jections; a brownish streak below eye; a small brown bar on base of 

 pectoral, and a jet black bar at base of caudal. About Key West; scarce. 

 (HEvQo^y a cavity; OLKGGO, to inhabit; the type specimen taken from the 

 cavity of a sponge.) 



Gobiosoma ceuthoecum, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U.S.Nat.Mus. 1884, 29, Key West; young 



(Type in TJ. S. 1ST. M.) ; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 508. 

 Barbulifer papillosus* EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1888, 70, Key West, 



Florida; adult. 



829. TYPHLOGOBIUS, Steindachner. 



(BLIND GOBIES.) 



TypMogoUus, STEINDAOHITER, Ichth. Beitrage, vm, 24, 1879 (calif orniensis) . 

 Othonops, ROSA SMITH, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 19 (eos calif orniensis). 



Body moderately elongate, compressed, covered with loose, smooth, 

 naked skin. Head large, depressed, with tumid cheeks. Mouth large, 

 the maxillary reaching to beyond the orbit; jaws equal, each with a nar- 

 row band of villiform teeth, the outer teeth slightly enlarged; lower jaw 

 capable of little motion ; snout rounded ; no cirri. Eyes very small, reduced 

 to mere vestages, covered by skin, and functional only in the young. Skull 

 greatly modified, the brain case quadrate. Fins low ; first dorsal of 2 flexi- 

 ble spines; second dorsal moderate; anal very short; caudal rounded; 

 ventral disk as in Gobius. Gill openings rather narrow. One species 

 known ; singular blind gobies, living like slugs under rocks between tide 

 marks. (TV$XO$ } blind; GoMus.) 



*This species, which we suppose to be the adult of Barbulifer ceuthoecus, is thus de- 

 scribed by Dr. Eigenmanu : Head 3fr (4| in total) ; depth 4 (5|). I). VII-9; A. 9. Body 

 short and robust, deepest below first dorsal spine ; head blunt, profile straight from first 

 dorsal spine to eye, much curved in front of eye ; eye longer than snout, 3i in head ; inter- 

 orbital area f diameter of eye; snout blunt; mouth small, oblique; maxillary 3 in head, 

 reaching to below anterior margin of pupil ; lips thick. About 21 barbels, in length j 

 orbital diameter or longer, arranged as follows : A series of 7 cross the snout from one 

 angle of the mouth to the opposite angle, the anterior 3 on the snout rather thick and 

 colored (2 of them nasal), all the others yellowish, the barbel nearest each angle of the 

 mouth longer than any of the others ; on the lower jaw a barbel near each rictus, 2 on the 

 chin, behind which are 2 pairs of barbels ; posterior to these and below the rictus are 2 

 barbels on each side ; 1 slender barbel on each side of preopercle below the posterior mar- 

 gin of the eye. Numerous rows of pores or papillae on the head; 1 series extending 

 straight downward on the anterior part of the opercle, from the upper end of which 

 another series extends perpendicularly backward ; other pores irregularly scattered on 

 the opercle; a double series extending along edge of preopercle, the pores becoming 

 larger and especially conspicuous below, meeting on the chin; 6 or 7 series radiating from 

 eye, extending to snout, maxillary, and opercular series below ; a row of pores nearly sur- 

 rounding mouth, curving backward, encircling the nasal opening; 1 series about the eye 

 posteriorly, otherwise none on top of head or nape; fins high and rounded ; second dorsal 

 higher than first, If in head, caudal very broad and rounded, equal to the head in length; 

 anal lower than soft dorsal; ventral reaching f to vent, 1 in head; pectoral 1J in head. 

 Color yellow; upper half of body with a broad band of purplish spots; 6 diamond-shaped 

 spots of darker cross the band, extending above and below it; nape, top of head, and 

 upper part of cheek covered with dark points; opercle light yellow, cheeks darker; an 

 oblique bar of black points on upper half of pectoral base, a curved bar of fainter spots 

 on base of caudal; fins otherwise colorless and transparent. Length Ifc inches. (Eigen- 

 maun.) 



