AMERICAN GOBIID.E AND GALLIONYMID.E. 71 



About 21 barbels, in length oue-half orbital diameter or 

 longer, are arranged as follows: a series of seven cross the 

 snout from one angle of the mouth to the opposite angle, 

 the anterior three on the snout rather thick and colored (two 

 of them nasal), all the others yellowish, the barbel nearest 

 each angle of the mouth longer than any of the others; on 

 the lower jaw a barbel near each rictus, two on the chin, 

 beliind which are two pairs of barbels; posterior to these 

 and below the rictus are two barbels on each side; one 

 slender barbel on each side of preopercle below the posterior 

 mai'giu of the eye. 



Numerous rows of pores or papilke on the head; one 

 series extends straight downward on tlie anterior part of the 

 opercle, from the upper end of which another series ex- 

 tends perpendicularly backward; other pores irregularly 

 scattered on the opercle ; a double series extends along edge 

 of preopercle, the pores becoming larger and especially 

 conspicuous below, meeting on the chin; six or seven series 

 radiating from eye, extending to snout, maxillary, and oper- 

 cular series below; a row of pores nearly surrounding the 

 mouth, curving backward, encircling the nasal opening; one 

 series about the eye posteriorly, otherwise none on top of 

 head or nape. 



Fins liigh and rounded; second dorsal higher than first. 

 If in head, caudal very broad and rounded — equal to the 

 head in leu.ith; anal lower than soft dorsal; ventral reach- 

 ing two-thirds to vent, IJ in head; pectoral 1^ in head. 



Color yellow; upper half of body with a broad band of 

 purplish spots; six diamond-shaped spots of darker cross 

 the band, extending above and below it; nape, top of head 

 and upper part of cheek covered with dark points; opercle 

 light yellow, cheeks darker; an oblique bar of black points 

 on upper half of pectoral base, a curved bar of fainter spots 

 on base of caudal; fins otherwise colorless and transparent. 



A second specimen, also from Key West, with fins broken 



