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26. Gobius quadriporus Cuv. & Vai. suriuam. 



Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XII, 87, 1837. (Surinam.) 



D. VI — 1, 9. A. 1, 9. Scales as in G. caninus. 



The two pores on the vertical arm of the preopercle very 

 open; two smaller ones above them; teeth of the outer 

 series small, two small canines on each side of lower jaw; 

 dorsal spines not prolonged as filaments; color yellowish, 

 with lighter lines which follow the rows of scales; brown 

 spots on dorsal; two lines on cheeks. 



27. Gobius Stigmaturus Goode & Bean. 



West Indian fauna; Key West. 



28. Gobius shufeldti Jordan & Eigenmann. 



Gulf Coast of the United States. 



29. Gobius garmani sp. nov. 

 The types of this species are: 



No. 26,081, one specimen, 3^ inches long; Dominica. S. Garman. 

 No. 26,062, three specimens, 2 inches, 1| inches, and 1 inch; Fort 



de France, Martinique. S. Garman. 

 No. 27,122, four specimens, 3 inches, 2J inches, 2| inches, and 2| 



inches; St. Kitts. S. Garman. 



Head 4 in length (5.i in total); depth 4 (5|). D. VI— 11; 

 A. 11. Scales in a median series 30, in a cross-series 7. 



Body robust, head short and blunt; profile in front of 

 eye abruptly decurved, rounded much as in Gobius holeo- 

 soma; mouth inferior, horizontal; lower jaw included; max- 

 illary extending to below pupil, 2.^ in head; lips thin; teeth 

 short and thick, in a single series in each jaw. 



Dorsals contiguous; dorsal spines filamentous, the second 

 and third longer than the rest, reaching past first third of 

 second dorsal; last dorsal rays reaching base of caudal; 

 pectorals equal to the head in length; ventral short and 

 broad, 5 in body; caudal rather long and pointed, 3 in body. 

 Scales large, slightly reduced and cycloid on nape. 



Color yellowish, marbled with brown ; a series of irregular 



