TWO NEW SPECIES OF FISHES 
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Paraclinus fasciatus (Steindachner) 
Cremnobates fasciatus Steindachner; Ichth. Beit., V, 1876, 176. 
Seven specimens are provisionally referred to this species. In six of these the 
dorsal has a well-developed emargination in front, the third and fourth spines being 
subequal and shorter than the preceding and following spines. The membrane 
from the third spine is inserted at about the middle of the fourth or nearer to the base 
of the latter, and the membrane from the fourth spine is inserted at about the middle 
of the fifth. The dorsal has 29 spines in 5 specimens and in 1 it has 30, the last ray 
always being spinous and pungent, not articulate. Three specimens have 18 soft 
rays in the anal and 3 have 19. The lateral line has 33 to 35 scales. The orbital 
tentacle is branched; the nuchal tentacle is in the form of an elongate flap with 
exceedingly short and fine fimbriae at the top. Four specimens have more or less 
diffuse crossbars on the body, while two specimens are quite dark to nearly black, 
and the bars are not evident. The dorsal and anal have a series of dark blotches, 
which are quite indistinct in some of the lighter-colored examples and more or less 
confluent in the darker ones. The dorsal has a blue ocellated spot on the penultimate 
blotch. 
In the seventh specimen the anterior emargination of the dorsal is very shallow, 
the third spine being shorter than the preceding and following spines, but the inter- 
spinous membrane reaches to the tip of the spine in all cases. This specimen also 
has 28 spines in the dorsal. However, it does not seem to differ in other essential 
characters from the rest. So far as may be judged from a single specimen, it seems 
to be nothing more than an individual variation. 
These specimens are referred to Steindachner’s C. fasciatus because they seem 
to agree with the description of that species. The species apparently is common in 
the regions of the Straits of Florida. However, we do not feel absolutely certain 
about this identification. A review of current descriptions shows that this group 
needs a comparative study and critical revision, with a reexamination of the types, 
and until such a study is made our identifications must be tentative. 
The genus Paraclinus is separated from Auchenopterus, by some authors, on the 
basis of the emargination of the dorsal. No sharp line, however, may be drawn with 
respect to that character, because it varies gradually among the species, and it 
seems probable that it is not more than an individual variation in some species. 
On the other hand, the presence or absence of an articulated ray in the dorsal is 
constant within the species, so far as known, and the two genera may conveniently 
be separated by that character. 
Gobiesox (Rimicola) berylimus n. sp. 
Diagnosis . — Body elongate, slender; ventral disk short; dorsal and anal fins 
subequal and short, each with six rays; outer teeth of lower jaw with entire edges, 
inner smaller teeth present; color in life light green with small white spots. 
Description of type . — Body elongate, slender; depth 8.0 in lehgth; head oblong, 
angular, its sides being in nearly vertical planes, the top being in a nearly horizontal 
plane, its width 1.66 in its length, the latter 3.3 in body; eyes small, oblong, placed 
partly on lateral and partly on superior aspect of head, longest diameter 4.5 in head; 
interopercular spine well developed; snout broad, rounded in front, 2.8 in head, 
