370 Storer on the 
Famity XII, 
GOBIOIDES. 
* Pnuoris. Artedi. 
Generic characters. Long, equal, and closely set 
teeth, forming but a single and regular range in each 
. jaw, terminated behind, in some species, by a longer 
and hooked tooth. The head is obtuse, the muzzle 
short, and the forehead vertical ; the intestines broad 
and short. 
P. subbifurcatus. Nobis. The subbifurcated pholis. — 
* 
I have seen but a single specimen of this fish ; it 
was found at an unusually low tide among the sea- 
weed at Nahant, and brought to me by my brother- 
in-law, Thomas M. Brewer, M. D. 
Specific characters. Dorsal fin extending to the 
tail; filaments upon the nostrils; three dark colored 
bands passing from the eyes ; lateral line subbifur- 
cated. 
Length, including the tail, five inches five lines ; 
depth across, on a line with the anus, one inch; 
body much compressed. General color of the body, 
reddish brown; several lighter colored circular 
patches along its upper part, at the base of the dor- 
sal fin; the spaces between the rings darker than 
the fest of. the body, giving the appearance of bars. 
Body the lateral line, lighter colored ; ab- 
= eae white. Rody smooth, sc scales very 
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