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blotches along the sides; a light spot at base of caudal, 

 partly or wholly surrounded by a broad ring of dark brown; 

 head slate color, white below; three dark bars extending 

 forward and downward from eye to mouth, a triangular spot 

 on opercle; dorsals, caudal, and pectorals finely barred with 

 black; a chocolate bar on base of ventral; anal margined 

 with white; an irregular black bar on shoulder and upper 

 half of pectoral; everywhere mo)'e or less blotched with 

 darker; the blotches at times forming numerous bars across 

 the back. 



This species is most nearly related to Gohins holeosoma 

 Jordan & Gilbert, and Goblus fasciatus Gill, from which it 

 can readily be distinguished by its proportions and its 

 color. 



30. Gobius boleOSOma Jordan & Gilbert. 



Gulf Coast of the United States. 



31. Gobius fasciatus (Gill.) 



West Indian fauna. 



No. 13,231, one specimen, 1^ incUes; Haj'ti. Weiuland. 



This species has so far been known onl}^ from an insuffi- 

 cient description of the types which seem to have been lost. 

 We add a description of the specimen before us: 



Head 4 in length (4^ in total); depth 6 (7); D. VI— 12; 

 A. 10. Scales in a median series about 30; in a cross- 

 series 7. 



Body slender, elongate; head somewhat pointed; profile 

 rounded, not as much as in G. garmani and G. holeosoma: 

 eye large, slightly longer than snout, 3| in head; interorbi- 

 tal area scarcely wider than pupil; mouth slightly oblique, 

 maxillary extending to below anterior margin of pupil, 3J 

 in head; lower jaw thin and flat; teeth strong, recurved, in 

 a band in each jaw; the teeth of the outer series of the 

 upper jaw enlarged, several times as large as those of the 

 inner series. 



