Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2335 



form narrow lighter bars on the sides ; 3 or 4 obscure dark streaks radia- 

 ting from the eye ; blackish below, the fins varying from blackish to straw 

 color. Length 2 inches. (Gilbert.) Gulf of California; abundant at 

 Puerto Refugio (Angel Island) and La Pass, (funebris, funereal, from the 

 dark color.) 



Gobiesox funebris, GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 95, Puerto Refugio, Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia. (Coll. Albatross.) 



2670. GOBIESOX PCECILOPHTHALMTJS, Jeuyns. 



Head 3, as wide as long. D. 7; A. 7. Opercular spine long and slender; 

 teeth strong, somewhat crowded in front, the anterior in both jaws incisor- 

 like; upper teeth conical, with smaller ones behind ; 6 middle teeth of lower 

 jaw incisor-like, projecting forward, their form not described (probably 

 entire). Eyes large, close together, less than a diameter apart. General 

 color olivaceous or brownish white, unmarked; iris golden, with pink and 

 blue. Length 1 inches. (Jenyns.) Chatham Island, Galapagos; only 

 the single type known. (Ttoiniko^ variegated; ofybaknoc,, eye.) 



Gobiesox pcecilophthalmus, JENYNS, Voy. Beagle, Fishes, 141, pi. 27, figs. 2, 2a, 2b, 1842, Chat- 

 ham Island (Coll. Darwin) ; GUNTHER, Cat., ill, 503, 1861. 



2671. GOBIESOX RHODOSPILUS, Giinther. 



D. 6; A. 5; C. 8 or 9; P. 16. A vertical fold of skin along lower half of 

 base of pectoral. Distance from front of dorsal to caudal 2 in its dis- 

 tance from snout; anal before third dorsal ray. A very narrow band of 

 short conical teeth in upper jaw, 1 lateral tooth larger than the others, 

 recurved, canine-like; lower jaw with I series of teeth, the anterior nar- 

 row incisors, the outer distinctly canine, like the outer above. Rose- 

 colored with rose-red transverse spots, each with an edge of deep-red dots. 

 Panama. (Gimther.) Not seen by us; known from 2 specimens, each 1 

 inches Jong, (podov, rose; tfTTz'Ao?, spot.) 



Gobiesox rhodospilus, GUNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 25, Panama (Coll. Captain 

 Dow) ; GUNTHER, Fish. Centr. Amer., 445, 1869. 



2672. GOBIESOX MACROPHTHALMUS, Giinther. 



Eye 4| in head. D.8; A. 6; C. 12; P. 22. Head and anterior part of body 

 very broad and much depressed, the head as broad as long, its profile semi- 

 elliptical, the snout obtuse and rounded; top of head quite flat; interor- 

 bital width equal to eye. Mouth horizontal, curved, moderate, the cleft 

 reaching beyond anterior margin of eye; an acute spine at lower angle 

 of opercle; 4 short incisors on each side in lower jaw, separated from 

 the conical lateral teeth by a larger canine-like tooth. Insertion of dorsal 

 nearer caudal than snout; caudal rounded. Color, uniform reddish. 

 (Gunther.) Locality unknown ; probably West Indies, (naKpos, large; 

 6<!>QaA.jLi6<;, eye.) 



Dr. Eigenmann gives the following notes on a small specimen from St. 



