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ington Territory and also in the Tortugas. As no Goby of 

 this type was found on the Pacific Coast by Jordan & Gil- 

 bert or by Dr. Beau, in very thorough explorations of that 

 region, it is likely that the locality originally assigned is an 

 erroneous one. 



The following is a description of tlie specimens from the 

 Tortugas : 



Length 1|, Ij^ , 1^, 1^ inches. 



Head, 3^ in length (4| in total); depth, ^ (5|); 

 D, VI — 10; A. 10. Scales, in a median series, 23, in a trans- 

 verse series, 8. 



Eye as long as snout, 3| in head; jaws equal; maxillary 

 barely reaching pupil; teeth in bands in both jaws, those of 

 the outer row of the lower jaw enlarged. 



Dorsal spines scarcely filamentous; the third highest and 

 equal to depth of body; posterior dorsal rays highest, as high 

 as spines. Anal similar to soft dorsal; pectoral long and 

 narrow, longer than head, 3h in body; ventral reaching past 

 vent. Scales large, thin, finely toothed, reduced on breast; 

 nape naked. 



Color in spirits, light yellowish-brown. A light spot 

 on each scale, the spots especially conspicuous near shoul- 

 der; six dark spots on middle of back; fainter but 

 similar spots along middle of sides; a conspicuous dark 

 spot above opercle, a wavy light line extending forward 

 from it through lower rim of eye to snout; a straight pale 

 blue bar extending parallel to it across preopercle and cheek 

 to corner of mouth; a narrow faint bar below it; a triangu- 

 lar dark spot at corner of mouth. Cheeks and preo^Dercle purp- 

 lish chocolate; opercle and snout plain yellowish; two brown 

 spots at base of caudal. The smaller specimens differ from 

 this in having the markings more distinct. 



