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4. Sebastopsis xyris Jordan & Gilbert. — Six small 

 specimens, less than an inch long, from San Jose Island, 

 Gulf of California; collected by W. E. Bryant, in 1892. 



Pycnomma, gen. nov. 



This new genus of the family Gobiidae differs from Gymneleotris in having 

 the eyes large and closely approximated. 



Body scaly posteriorly; head and anterior portion of body scaleless; ven- 

 trals separate, I, 5; vomer and palatines toothless. A narrow band of setiform 

 teeth in each jaw, outside of which is a row of small widely set canines; eyes 

 approximate, the interorbital a mere septum. 



nu/cuo?, close together; oixjxa, eyes. Named with reference to the 

 approximate eyes. 



5. Pycnomma semisquamatum, sp. nov. 



Plate XXIV. 



Head 3.5; D. VII — 12; A. 10. Head broader than high, somewhat 

 depressed back of eye; lower jaw prominent, lips large, tip of maxillary 

 slightly in advance of vertical through anterior margin of pupil. A narrow 

 band of setiform teeth in each jaw, outside of which is a single row of small, 

 widely set canines; canines larger anteriorly on the sides of the jaws, both 

 upper and lower, but smaller in front. Vomer and palatines toothless. Eye 

 equal to snout, placed high, the interorbital very narrow, its width not meas- 

 urable. Body naked anteriorly, scaled behind origin of second dorsal and 

 tip of depressed pectorals. Ventrals I, 5, the inner ray simple, three-fifths 

 length of fourth, or longest, which extends nearly to origin of anal and is i . 2 

 in head. Dorsal high, spines filamentous, longest equal to head. Color 

 (in alcohol) brown, with seven indistinct, pale cross-bars; gill-membranes and 

 vertical fins almost black. 



The type is a single specimen 1.7 inches in length, col- 

 lected by W. E. Bryant at San Jose Island, Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia, April, 1892. No. 1478, Department of Ichthyology, 

 California Academy of Sciences. 



6. Emblemaria oculocirrus Jordan. 



As the specimens here noted are larger than the single 

 specimens heretofore known, they are described in full. 



Head 4.4; eye 4; maxillary 2.3; D. XXI, 14; A. 24, spines and rays 

 indistinguishable. Orbital cirrus longer than eye, white with a black tip, 

 a minute black cirrus in front of eye. Interorbital about .3 of eye. Snout 

 sharp, shorter than eye; maxillary extending to hinder edge of eye. A row 

 of small slightly curved teeth in each jaw, slightly larger in front. A patch of 



