Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2333 



2665. GOBIESOX TUDES, Richardson. 



Head 2; depth 4f; width of head 2. D. 8; A. 6 in plate (5 in the 

 description, the first short ray apparently not counted by Richardson). 

 Head very broad, as broad as long, abruptly truncated anteriorly ; mouth 

 large, the maxillary reaching front of eye; lower jaw included; teeth 

 entire; eye large, 4f in head, a little more than \ interorbital width, 1$ 

 in snout. Distance from front of dorsal to caudal about equal to length 

 of head; insertion of dorsal before vent; the anal behind dorsal and much 

 shorter than it; pectorals short. Color uniform, probably greenish, with- 

 out spots or stripes. Length 5 inches. Locality "unknown, but supposed 

 to be from China." (Richardson.) The species is, however, certainly not 

 Chinese and is more likely to be from the West Indies. This species dif- 

 fers from Gobiesox cephalut, as described by Giinther, in the larger eye and 

 shorter dorsal. It is probably the same species, (tudes, hammer.) 



Oobiesox tudes, RICHARDSON, Voy. Sulphur, Fish., 103, pi. 46, figs. 1-3, 1845, habitat 

 unknown, erroneously supposed to be China. 



2666. GOBIESOX STRUMOSUS, Cope. 



D. 11; A. 10; C. 16; P. 21. Head extremely wide, its width 2 in total 

 length ; this width partly produced by a large fleshy mass extending from 

 end of maxillary to end of interopercle ; eye small ; profile of head descend- 

 ing abruptly from posterior line of orbits. Superior dental series 12 

 on each side, externally, but the 3 median teeth conceal some series of 

 which the second 3 external teeth are a continuation; inferior teeth 

 11 on each side; 4 median incisors horizontal and subequal; no marked 

 canine. Bluish plumbeous, fins blackish. (Cope.) Hilton Head, South 

 Carolina, and Indian River, Florida; 4 specimens recently taken at Titus- 

 ville by Evermann & Bean; apparently distinguished from G. virgatulus 

 by its longer anal, (strumosus, from struma, a scrofulous tumor, alluding 

 to the swollen cheek.) 



Gobiesox ttrumosus, COPE, Proo. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 121, Hilton Head, South Caro- 

 lina; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 749, 1883; EVERMANN & BEAN, Fishes of Indian 

 River, Florida, in Rept. U. S. Fish Comm. 1896, 248. 



2667. GOBIESOX YIRGATULUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 2f (3| with caudal) ; width of head 3; depth 6 (7 in total). D. 

 10 ; A. 8 or 9 ; vertebrae 10 + 16 = 26. Body rather slender, the head low and 

 rather broad, broadly rounded anteriorly; eyes very small, about 4 to 6 

 in head, about 2| in interorbital width ; interorbital space broad, slightly 

 convex. Cheeks prominent ; opercle ending in a sharp spine. Cleft of 

 mouth extending to below front of orbit; lower jaw somewhat shorter 

 than upper. Teeth of upper jaw in a narrow band of about 2 series; 4 

 teeth of outer series a little larger than the rest, somewhat canine-like ; 

 middle teeth of lower jaw incisor-like and partly horizontal, their edges 

 entire or somewhat concave. Ventral disk considerably shorter than head. 

 Distance from root of caudal to front of dorsal 2 in length. Pectoral 



