2338 Bulletin tf, United States National Museum. 



about 6 large graduated canines and behind these a few smaller ones ; 

 teeth of lower jaw slightly oblique. Distance from front of dorsal to root 

 of caudal about 2f in body (3| in total). Pectorals moderate, 2 in head; 

 ventral disk 1 in head. Color olivaceous, without any distinct bands; 

 the occipital region and the caudal peduncle darker; body irregularly 

 mottled with groups of darker spots; nape, preopercle, cheeks, and snout 

 with numerous dark points; indistinct dark lines radiating from eye; 

 lips dark; fins dusky; dorsal and anal with the first rays black; a pale 

 spot near base of caudal ; axil of pectoral dusky. Green Turtle Cay, Ba- 

 hamas; a single specimen known, 2 inches in length, (hceres, one who 

 clings.) 



Oobiesox hceres, JORDAN & BOLLMAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 552, Green Turtle Cay, 

 Bahamas. (Coll. Dr. Charles L. Edwards.) 



2678. GOBIESOX PUXCTULATUS (Poey). 



Head very broad, 3 in total length with caudal. D. 9; A. 6. Color 

 brown, covered with black points; 3 dark transverse bauds; none on the 

 head. Teeth not described, the incisors probably entire. Length 38 mm. 

 Cuba (Poey); not seen by us. (punctulatus, speckled.) 



Sicyases punctulatus, POEY, Enumeratio, 124, 1875, Havana. 



2679. GOBIESOX FASCIATUS (Peters). 



D. 7; A. 7; head and body with alternate dark green and yellowish cross 

 bands. Commencement of dorsal before that of anal, its distance from 

 caudal equal to length of its base. Type, 50 mm. long. (Peters) ; not seen 

 by us ; teeth not described. Puerto Cabello. (fasciatus, banded. ) 



Sicyanes fasciatus, PETERS, Monatsber. Berl. Acad. 1859,412, Puerto Cabello; GUNTHER, 

 Cat., m,497, 1861; GUNTHER, Fishes Centr. Amer., 390, 1869. 



866. RIMICOLA, Jordan & Evermann. 

 Rimicola, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 231 (muscarum). 



This genus differs from Gobiesox mainly in the very slender body and 

 head. Head 3 to 4 in length, its width less than its length ; dorsal and 

 anal very short, of 4 to 6 rays each ; incisors entire ; a crescent-shaped 

 patch of teeth in each jaw behind the large teeth; opercular spine weak 

 or obsolete; sucking disk small. Species of small size; living below tide 

 marks, (rima, a crevice; colo, I inhabit.) 



a. Dorsal rays 6; anal 5; color yellowish, with a brown lateral band and numerous 



brownish spots. MUSCARUM, 2680. 



aa. Dorsal rays 4; anal 5 ; color uniform light green. EIGENMANNI, 2681. 



2680. RIMICOLA MUSCARUM (Meek & Pierson). 



Head 3i in length; depth 8; D.6; A. 5. Body elongate, slender, de- 

 pressed anteriorly, but very narrow, slightly compressed posteriorly, the 

 greatest width of body immediately behind head, 7 in length. Head nar- 

 row, much depressed, wider posteriorly. Eye small, its diameter 2 in 

 interorbital width, 5 in head. Maxillary reaching to the front of the eye, 



