Contrilmtions to the Fauna of the Bahamas 



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Fam. Seorpenidae. 



Scorpœna plumieri, Bloch. 



Collected along the shore at Mastic Point. Nassau {Albatross Exped 1886). 

 One specimen with 13 dorsal spines. 



Scorpœna hrasiliensis, Cuv. & Valeno. 

 Current [Exped. Geogr. Soc). 



Scorpœna grandicornis, Cuv. & Valenc. 

 Abaco {Albatross Exped. 1886). 



Fam. Daetylopteridae. 



Cephalacanthus volitans (L.). 

 Nassau {Exped. Geogr. Soc). 



Fam. Uranoseopidae. 



Dadyloscopus tridigitatus, Gill. 

 Current {Expied. Geogr. Sue). 



Fam. Gobiesoeidae. 



Gobiesox cephalus, Lacépède. 

 Green Cay {Exped. Geogr. Soc). 



Gobiesox Imres, Jordan &. Bollman. 

 Green Turtle Cay (Edwards). 



Gobiesox androsiensis n. sp. 



D 8. A 7. — Head very broad, as broad as long, depressed. Tail compressed. 

 Cleft of mouth extending to below anterior border of pupil. Diameter of eye shorter 

 than distance between anterior border of eye and tip of snout, about as broad as 

 interorbital space. A spine at lower angle of opercle. Insertion of dorsal at a point 

 above vent. The distance between tip of snout and insertion of dorsal about twice 

 the distance between this later point and base of caudal. Anal commences at a 

 point below the middle between second and third dorsal ray. Pectoral reaching 

 the level of vent — Lower jaw with 4 chisel-shaped incision on each side 

 followed by 2 curved conic canines, the second largest, behind the canines 4 small 

 almost conic teeth in a row which is not a continuation of the first named teeth, 

 but situated a httle more inside. All teeth brown at the tips. Upper jaw: 

 anteriorly at least 8 to 10 flattened incisors, often arranged in two distinct rows, 

 but sometimes rather irregularly placed, not quite equal in size or shape, the outer 

 more conic. As a rule 2 distinct canines, the outmost largest. Inside the incisors 



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