AMERICAN GOBIID^ AND CALLIONYMID.^. 69 



§. Eucyclogobius Gill. 



49. Lepidogobius newberrii Girard. 



Califoruiau fauna. 



XV. MicROGOBius Poey. 



50. Microgobius signatus Poey. 



West Indian fanna. 



The types are in the Museum. 



51. Microgobius eulepis spec. uov. 



No. 27,123, one specimen. Fortress Monroe, S. C. Mrs. C. N. Wil- 

 lard. 



Length 1| inches. Head 4 in length (5^ in total); depth 

 5 J (7); D. VII— 15; A. 16. Scales, 50 in a longitudinal 

 series, 14 in a cross-series. 



Body elongate, scarcely compressed; head slightly higher 

 than wide, the depth 1^ in its length; eye large, longer 

 than snout, 3\ ia head; snout 5 in head, rather broad, not 

 pointed as in thalassuius; preorbital narrower than pupil; 

 mouth very oblique, maxillary not extending beyond ante- 

 rior margin of pupil, 2y in head; teeth in the upper jaw in 

 a very narrow band, slightly enlarged in the outer series, 

 largest towards angle of mouth; teeth of the lower jaw in a 

 similar band, some of the outer ones in front long and slen- 

 der. 



Scales cycloid, rather large, crowded anteriorly, regu- 

 larly arranged, not imbedded, as in signatus, not deciduous 

 as in thalassinns;' breast, nape and region along spinous 

 dorsal naked. The first dorsal spine is equidistant from tip 

 of snout" and first anal ray; longest dorsal spine l.^ in head; 

 caudal fin about 4 in body; ventral not reaching vent, equal 

 to the length of head, the basal membrane one-fourth of its 

 actual length: pectoral equals length of head. 



Color yellow or very light brown, dotted with minute 

 dark points above; scales along back with a dark margin; 



