2262 Bulletin 4.7, United States National Museum. 



2596. TYPHLOGOBIUS CALIFORNIEXSIS, Steindachner. 

 (BLIND GOBY OF POINT LOMA; PINK-FISH.) 



Head 3 ; depth 5 ; eye 6 ; eye concealed, very small ; D. 11-12 ; A. 12. Ver- 

 tebrae 17 -f- 13. Body subcylindrical, the males more compressed behind ; 

 head very broad behind, its greatest width its length. Interorbital space 

 a mere ridge ; skin about mouth and eye very loose ; a small papilla in front 

 of nasal opening. Lower lip developed as a fold ; another fold of skin 

 behind it, bordered with fine cilia ; behind this fold is a row of short, thick 

 papillae; edge of jaw rounded. Spinous dorsal remote from the soft dor- 

 sal in the male, but connected with it by a low membrane, this membrane 

 absent in the female ; soft dorsal much higher than the spinous ; caudal 

 broad, rounded; anal very short, inserted under sixth dorsal ray, and 

 coterminous with dorsal ; pectorals little longer than ventrals, 2 in head. 

 Body naked; males with small tubercular plates irregularly placed. 

 Skull highest at its posterior part, depressed forward ; the bones all thick 

 and strong. No lateral crests; a median keel which is lowest behind. 

 Orbit not bounded by any ridges. Two keels diverge from the posterior 

 end of the median keel to the insertion of the suprascapula. Premaxil- 

 laries and mandible very long. Teeth of the upper jaw all alike, long, 

 close-set, in a broad band, those of the lower jaw in a narrow band, the 

 inner ones apparently larger. Color uniform light pink. Length 2 

 inches. Coast of Lower California, from San Diego southward to Cerros 

 Island; an extraordinary fish, found attached to the lower side of rocks 

 in shallow water or surf; especially common at Point Loma. 



Typhlogobius calif orniensis, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitrage, vm, 24, 1879, False Bay, San 

 Diego, California (Coll. Prof. Essmark) ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 639, 1883; 

 JORDAN & EIGENMANN, L c., 511. 



Othonops eos, ROSA SMITH, Proc. U. S.Nat.Mus. 1881,53, Point Loma, California. 



830. TYNTLASTES, Gunther. 

 Tyntlastes, GUNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1862, 193 (sagitta). 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with small, imbricate, cycloid 

 scales. Head elongate, quadrangular. Mouth wide, oblique, the lower 

 jaw projecting; teeth small, in single series, none on vomer or palatines. 

 Eyes very small, or rudimentary. Dorsal fin single, continuous, about 6 

 of its anterior rays simple; caudal fin pointed, more or less joined to the 

 dorsal and anal ; ventral fins united. Air bladder very small or absent. 

 No pseudobranchia3. Vertebrae 11 +20. Pacific Ocean. (TV vr^ddr^g, a 

 mud-dabbler.) 



a. Dorsal and anal each with 15 soft rays; head 4 in length. BREVIS, 2597. 



aa. Soft dorsal and anal each with 21 unbranched or soft rays; head 5 in length. 



SAGITTA, 2598. 



2597. TYNTLASTES BREVIS (Gunther). 

 Head 4|; depth 8. D. VI, 15 ; * A. 15. Eyes minute. Jaws each with a 



* The dorsal formula is apparently VIII, 14 in 2 half-digested specimens taken from the 

 stomach of a Centropomus at Panama. (Gilbert.) 



