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Platophrys ocellatm (Agassiz). 

 Without locality {Expecl. Geogr. Soc). 



Platophrys, Sp. 



One specimen obtained by the Exped. Geogr. Soc. at Tarpum Bay. (Bean 

 op. cit. pag. 320). 



Citharicthys spilopterus, Günter. 

 Eleuthera, Current (Expecl. Geogr. Soc). 



Syacium micrurum, Ranzani. 

 Clarence Harbour [Expecl. Geogr. Soc). 



Achims inscriptus, Gosse. 

 Green Turtle Cay (Edwards). 



Fam. Gobiidae. 

 Gohius glaucofrenum (Gill). 

 Collected at Nassau. Eleuthera [Exped. Geogr. Soc). 



Gobiuf! soporalor, Cuv. & Valenc. 



Very common along the shores under rocks, pieces of corals, shells etc. at 

 Nassau and Mastic Point. Eleuthera [Exped. Geogr. Soc), Green Turtle Cay 

 (Edwards). 



Gohius fasciatus, Gill. 

 Collected at Stanniard Creek, Andros. Not before recorded from the Bahamas. 



Gohius stigmaturus, Goode & Bean. 



Collected along the shore of Hog Island. Not before recorded from the 

 Bahamas. 



Garmannia hemigymna, Eig. & Eig. 

 Green Cay [Exped. Geogr. Soc). 



Garmannia ruhra n. sp. Fig. 1. 



D. VII, 12—13. A 10. — Head and anterior part of body naked; posterior 

 part of body covered with ctenoid scales. Body compressed. A feeble longi- 

 tudinal furrow before dorsal fin. Diameter of eye about as long as the distance 

 between anterior border of eye and tip of snout. Interorbital space (counted 

 between the superior borders of eyes) greater than diameter of eye. Mouth small. 

 Maxilary extending to below anterior border of eye. Lower jaw with a band of 

 small conic teeth outside of which are two large outwards curved teeth on each 

 side of the median line. The upper jaw wdth similar dentition, but only one curved 

 tooth on each side. Ventrals united. Brownish red. Length about 2 cm. 



