Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2339 



its length less than 3 in head. Teeth in upper jaw conical, acute, curved, 

 forming a crescent-shaped patch, those of the anterior row enlarged; in 

 the lower jaw an anterior row of about 5 broad, entire incisors placed 

 nearly horizontally ; behind these a crescent-shaped patch of teeth, simi- 

 lar to those in the upper jaw, becoming canine-like laterally. No evident 

 opercular spine. Ventral disk longer than broad, its length 1 in head 

 6i in length ; distance from vent to front of anal 2| in the distance from 

 vent to* disk ; pectoral fin broad, short, 2 in head j dorsal and anal fins 

 small, the anal slightly in advance; caudal fin rounded. Ground color, 

 in alcohol, light yellowish, paler below; above everywhere sparsely cov- 

 ered with distinct brownish-red spots about as large as pupil; a lateral 

 band of the same color begins on the front of the snout, where it joins the 

 one on the opposite side, extends through the eye across the opercle to 

 the caudal, becoming very indistinct posteriorly ; this lateral stripe is in 

 strong contrast with the uniform pale ventral surface. Coast of Cali- 

 fornia. Two specimens were dredged in Monterey Bay at a depth of about 

 10 fathoms. One of these, the type, is 1 inches long. The second speci- 

 men (1-nj inches long) has the dorsal spots confined to the top of the head 

 and nuchal region and the lateral stripe disappearing slightly behind 

 middle of body, and having the ventral surface marked posteriorly with 

 brownish-red spots like the spots on the dorsal surface, (muscarum, of 

 the flies, from the fly-speck markings.) 



Gobiesox muscarum, MEEK & PIERSON, Proc. Gal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 571, with colored plate, 

 Monterey Bay. (Coll. S. E. Meek and Charles J. Pierson. Type in L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.) 



2681. RIMICOLA EIGEJiMANNI (Gilbert). 



D. 4 ; A. 5. Head 3f in length ; depth about head. Body very slender 

 and narrow, the width of head 4f in length ; width of body 6. Mouth wide, 

 the distance between its angles \ length of head, the maxillary scarcely 

 reaching vertical from front of orbit. Interorbital space wide, about - 

 head. Eye very small, about 3 in interorbital width. Teeth in upper 

 jaw conic, acute, in several series, the anterior in upper jaw enlarged; 

 teeth in lower jaw also in several series, those of front row narrow incisors, 

 entire, with rounded or truncate edges; disk very small and narrow, its 

 width about f- its length, the latter If in length of head. Fins all small, 

 the base of dorsal f length of head, less than free portion of caudal 

 peduncle; distance from origin of dorsal to base of caudal 3 in length 

 before dorsal ; distance from vent to front of anal fin If in its distance 

 from disk ; caudal broadly rounded, its length If in head ; pectoral some- 

 what pointed, about head ; coracoid plate small, about height of pec- 

 toral and less than \ its length. Color uniform light olive green, without 

 distinctive markings. Type, a single specimen, about 1 inch long, taken 

 at Point Loma, near San Diego, California. Other specimens were taken 

 some years since at San Cristobal Bay by Mr. Charles H. Townsend, and 

 were referred to as Gobiesox rhessodon by Mrs. Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1884, page 553. (Named for Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann.) 



Gobiesox eigenmanni, GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 96, Point Loma, near San Diego, 

 California. (Coll. Gilbert.) 



