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List of specimens. 



Catal. 



No. 



No. of 

 spec. 



Age. 



Locality. 



When collected. 



Whence obtained. 



• 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Collected by — 



797 



3 



Adult & Young. 



Indianola, Texas. . . . 



1851 



Col. J. D. Graham.. 



Alcoholic . . 



Jno. EL Clark. . 









GOBIOSOMA, Girard. 







There are other Gohioids, which, under an external appearance of Gobius, are, nevertheless, 

 entirely deprived of scales. To include these we frame the above genus. The species which 

 inhabit the coast of South Carolina and known under the name of Gobius alepidotus (G. 

 viridipallidus , or G. boscii), belongs to this type. 



GOBTOSOMA MOLESTUM, Grd. 



Plate XII, Fig. 14. 



Spec. Char. — Head large, depressed, superiorly flattened, constituting a little less than the fourth of the total length. Eyes 

 small, situated near the top of the head. Snout rounded ; jaws even ; posterior extremity of the maxillary reaching a vertical 

 line drawn in advance of the pupil. Branchial isthmus very wide. Dorsal fins contiguous at their base. Caudal posteriorly 

 rounded. Anal shorter than the second dorsal. Ventrals quite small, not extending to the vent. Pectorals broad and well 

 developed, extending much beyond the ventrals. 



Body and head scaleless. Color dusky brown ; fins with blackish streaks. 



D VII, 12 ; A 12 ; C 2, 8, 8, 2 ; V 5 ; P 16. 

 The soft rays of the fins are bifurcated, a structure not exhibited on the figure. 

 Plate XII, fig. 14, represents Gobiosoma molestum, size of life. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. 

 No. 



No. of 

 spec 



Age. 



644 



1 



Adult. 



Locality. 



When collected. 



Indianola, Tex 



1851 



Whence obtained. 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Collected by 



Col. J. D. Graham. . 





Alcoholic . . John H. Clark 



Family BLENNIDAE. 



BLENNIUS MULTIFILE Grd. 



Plate XII, Fig. 6. 



Spec Char— Head contained four times and a half in the total length. Posterior extremity of maxillary reaching a vertical 

 line drawn through the pupil. Cutaneous flap above the eyes provided on either side and near the base with four filiform cirrhi. 

 Spinous portion of dorsal fin lower and somewhat longer than the soft portion which is contiguous to the base of the caudal. 

 Posterior margin of caudal fin rounded off. Origin of anal situated in advance of the anterior soft ray of the dorsal. Pectorals 

 broad ; their extremities extending as far back as the anterior margin of the anal. Blackish brown above, reddish brown 

 beneath ; dorsal region, dorsal and caudal fins with roundish spots, more conspicuous in the young than in the adult. 



A broad isthmus separates the gill apertures under the throat. There are four canine teeth, 

 two upper and two lower, one on either side. The lower ones are larger than the upper. 



Br. V: V; D XIII, 14; A II, 18 ; C 3, 1,5,5, 1,3; V 1, 3 ; P 15. 

 Plate XII, fig. 6, represents Blennius multifiliSj size of life. 



