DOEMITATOE. 9 



Eleotris gundlachi, Poey, t. c. p. 272 '^ 



Eleotris maculata (part.), Giintli. t. c. p. 112 ". 



Dormitator lineatus. Gill, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. 271 ''. 



Dormitator gundlachi, Voej, Synopsis, p. 396 (1868)'', and Enum. p. 128 (1875) '". 



Dormitator omocyaneus, Poey, 1. c. " and 1. c. ". 



Dormitator maculatus (part.), Jord. & Gilb. Synopsis, p. 632 (1883)"; Jord. & Eigenm. Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 482 '° ; Eigenm. & Eigenm. Proc. Cal. Ac. (2) i. 1888, p. 52 '' ; 



Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nut. Mus. xlvii. 1898, p. 2196 "' ; Meek, Zool. Pub. Columbian 



Mus. V. 1901, p. 227''. 

 Dormitator maculatus, Eigenm. & Eordice, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1885, p. 71'*. 



Depth of body 2| to 3i in the length, length of head 3| (young) to 4 (adult). 33 to 38 scales in a 

 longitudinal series. Dorsal VII, I 8. Anal I 9-10. Soft vertical fins, especially the second dorsal, 

 more developed in males than in females. Body irregularly marbled or with alternate light and dark 

 oblique cross-bars ; sometimes a longitudinal band from operculum to base of caudal ; sometimes 

 dark longitudinal lines along the scries of scales ; a dark, nearly vertical stripe from eye to corner of 

 mouth ; usually 3 or 4 dark horizontal stripes across the cheek and operculum ; a dark humeral spot ; 

 a dark bar at the base of the pectoral; vertical fins dusky, sometimes light-edged, the spinous dorsal, 

 anal and caudal sometimes, the soft dorsal always with series of spots. 



Hab. Atlantic Coasts and Elvers of the Atlantic Slope from Carolina to Para, and also 

 In the West-Indian Islands : 



Savannah i*. — Rio Grande ^ ^ ; Vera Cruz '^ ; Cordova ^^ ; Boca del Rio ^s ; Rio 

 Papaloapam -■". — Cuba ^^ ^^ ^'^ i" '-^ ; Haiti; St. Croix; Martinique ^ ; Trinidad ^^ ; 

 Demerara ^^ ; Surinam ^. 



Here described from several specimens, 100 to 180 mm. in total length, from 

 Southern Mexico, Haiti, and St. Croix. 



2. Bormitator latifrons. (Tab. I. fig. 3.) 



Eleotris latifrons, Richards. Voy. ' Sulphur,' Fishes, p. 57, t. 35. figs. 4-5 (1837) '. 



Eleotris maculata (part.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 112 (1861) ". 



Dormitator microphthalmus, Gill, Proc. Ac, Philad. 1863, p. 170'. 



Eleotris maculata (nou Bloch), iuth. Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. 1869, p. 440 '. 



Dormitator maculatus (non Bloch), Jord. & Gilb. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1881, p. 232', and 1882, 



pp. 368 \ 372 \ ZTi \ & 380 ', and Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. 1882, p. 108 ". 

 Dormitator macidatus (part.), Jord. & Gilb. Synopsis, p. 632 (1883) " ; Jord. & F]igenm. Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 482''; Eigenm. & Eigenm. Proc. Cal. Ac. (2) i. 1888, p. 52" ; 



Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 18J8, p. 2196 "; Meek, Zool. Pub. Columbian 



Mus. V. 1904, p. 227". 

 Bormitator latifrons, Eigenm. & Eordice, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1885, p. 72". 



Length of head 3 (young) to 3 j (adult) in the length of the fish ; mouth rather less obbque than in 

 D. macvJatus, usually entirely below the level of the eye ; in other characters showing extreme 

 similarity to the preceding species. 



Ilab. Pacific Coasts and Rivers of the Pacific Slope, from California to Ecuador: 



Cape St. Lucas ■■> ^. — Presidio (Forrer) ; Mazatlan ^ lo i'* ; Huamuchal -^ (Salvin) ; 

 Panama ^ ^. — Guayaquil ". 

 BIOL. CENTE.-AMEE,, Plsces, October 1906. C 



