Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America, 2407 



dark cross lines, separated by 1 of white, extending onto upper jaw on 

 each side; top of head with a purple spot; sides with a series of about 6 

 short black lines, the last broadest and plainest; base of caudal with a 

 distinct black blotch ; first dorsal quite dark, almost black ; second dorsal 

 with about 8 pretty well-defined dark blotches at its base, rest of fin with 

 numerous dark spots of different sizes ; anal with about 12 dark blotches 

 extending somewhat regularly from the base slightly forward, these 

 separated by plain unmarked spaces of a little greater width ; caudal 

 sparingly marked with dark points arranged in wavy cross bars; pec- 

 torals and ventrals unmarked. Gulf of California at Guaymas. A single 

 specimen, If inches long, obtained from a shallow arm of the bay. 

 (Jenkins & Evermann.) (vrto, below (imperfect); anavQa, spine.) 



Psednoblennius hypacanthus, JENKINS & EVERMANN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 156, 

 Guaymas, Mexico. (Type, No. 39638. Coll. Jenkins & Evermann.) 



900. STATHMONOTUS, Bean. 



Stathmonotus, BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 191 (hemphillii). 



Body moderately long and low, much compressed ; head small, com- 

 pressed, naked; mouth small, oblique; conical teeth in both jaws, in 2 

 series, the outer slightly enlarged and, in the upper jaw, somewhat re- 

 curved; a few teeth on the vomer. Gill membranes, as in Pkolis, broadly 

 united, free from the isthmus. Scales none. No lateral line. Dorsal fin 

 long and low, beginning near the head, and consisting entirely of stiff, 

 sharp spines, which are very short anteriorly and gradually increase in 

 size posteriorly. Anal similar to dorsal, with 2 spines and many soft 

 rays. Caudal short, rounded, scarcely separated from the dorsal and 

 anal; pectorals small, much smaller than in Pholis, containing only a few 

 rays ; ventrals better developed than in Pholis, their position more anterior, 

 consisting of a spine and 2 rays. Pseudobranchise absent. Branchios- 

 tegals 5. Coast of Florida. (draQjur?, a carpenter's rule; v&ros, back.) 



2763. STATHMONOTUS HEMPHILLII, Bean. 



Head 7; depth 8 to 8J; D. LI; A. II, 27; V. I, 2: P. 5 or 6; eye 6 

 in head. Maxillary extending about to vertical through hind margin of 

 eye; jaws subequal, or the lower projecting very slightly beyond upper; 

 eyes small, separated by an interspace about equal to their own length, 

 and very slightly greater than length of snout; pectoral very little more 

 than % as long as head, and scarcely as long as ventral; dorsal beginning 

 over posterior end of pectoral, its anterior spines very much shorter than 

 the posterior ones; length of caudal about equal to length of postorbital 

 part of head; vent slightly in advance of middle of total length to base 

 of caudal, and about under the twentieth dorsal spine. Colors from the 

 alcoholic specimen : A white line extending from tip of snout to caudal, 

 divided into small segments by short cross bars, the first 2 on the head, 

 and the last at origin of caudal; posteriorly, these short bars extend 

 downward, terminating slightly below the base of the dorsal fin ; several 

 white blotches, simulating bars, on posterior half of anal fin; edge of 



