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XXXVII. — CICHLIDiE. THE CICHLIDS. 
192. Heros cyanoguttatus (B. & G.). Fresh water at Brownsville (as Her os cyanoguttatus types, 
Baird & Girard, 1854). Lagoon at Fort Brown, Brownsville, Matamoras, San Juan River, 
and Cadereita, New Leon, and Devil River (as Herichthys cyanoguttatus, Girard, 1859, pi. 
iv, figs. 9-12). The type of this species (U. S. N. M. No. 851) is about 6 inches in total 
length and is in excellent condition. It is well described in Jordan & Gilbert’s Synopsis. 
193. Heros pavonaceus Garman. Mondova, Coahuila (types, Garman, 1881, and Synopsis). This 
and the preceding species are the most northern representatives of the Cichlidce, a family 
represented in Central and South America by many species. 
XXXVIII.— EPHIPPIDiE. THE ANGEL FISHES. 
194 . Chastodipterus faber (Broussonet). Angel-fish. Galveston (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Two 
small specimens obtained by us at Galveston. 
XXXIX.— GOBIIDiE. THE GOBIES. 
195 . Gobiomorus dormitator (Bl. & Sch.). Near mouth of the Rio Grande(as Philipnus dormitator, 
Girard, 1859, pi. xn, fig. 13). 
196 . Dormitator maculatus (Bloch). Near mouth of the Rio Grande (as Eleotris gyrinus, Girard, 
1859, pi. xii, figs. 11 and 12, and Eleotris sumnulentus types, Girard, 1859, pi. xii, figs. 1-3). 
We obtained two small specimens at Galveston in Galveston' Bay. 
197. Gobius lyricus Girard. Brazos Santiago (types, Girard, 1858 and 1859, pi. xii, figs. 4 and 5). 
Galveston (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882). Rio Grande (as Euctenogobius lyricus, Synopsis). Taken 
by us at Galveston. 
198. Gobius soporator C. & V. Goby. St. Joseph Island (as Gobius catulus types, Girard, 1859, 
pi. xii, figs. 9 and 10). St. .Joseph Island (as Evorthodus catulus, Synopsis). 
199. Gobius boleosoma J. & G. Goby. Several specimens obtained by us at Galveston, Dickinson 
Bayou, and at Corpus Christi, from which the following description is taken : Head, 4 to 4| ; 
depth, 3 to 4 ; D. vi-11 or 12 to vi-13 or 14 ; A. 11 to 13 or 14. Scales 26 to 31, Body slender, 
compressed. Head moderate ; snout evenly decurved, equal to eye. Eye, 3 to 4 iu head, its 
diameter about equal to the interorbital space. Mouth moderate; maxillary extending 
slightly beyond point of orbit. Teeth slender in several rows. Scales moderate, ctenoid, 
those in front somewhat reduced. Vertical fins low, caudal pointed, nearly as long as head ; 
pectoral shorter than caudal ; ventral shorter than caudal. Region before dorsal and breast 
naked ; belly scaly. Color, light olivaceous, faintly mottled with darker ; along the middle 
of side are four or five oblong dark blotches, the last being at base of caudal; a jet-black 
spot above gill-opening on side of back ; head faintly marked above with darker ; a dark 
bar extending from near angle of mouth nearly to edge of preopercle ; also a dark bar from 
maxillary to lower front of eye; opercle dusky with silvery edge ; vertical fins and caudal 
barred with darker ; ventral pale, with two dark lines through the middle ; in some cases 
dark with pale margin ; head and naked areas punctulate with darker. Other specimens 
with no shoulder spots, no dark punctulations on breast, and ventrals with no dark mark- 
ings. Spots on the sides of all the specimens range from linear to nearly round. In their 
review of the Gobiidce, Jordan & Eigenuiann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 490, state that 
the breast, nape, and belly of this species are naked, but in our specimens, as well as in some 
other specimens identified by Dr. Jordan, and with which our specimens were compared, the 
belly is always evidently scaly, as also the belly of' G. stigmaticus, which was said to be naked. 
The thinness and transparency of the scales on the belly cause it to appear naked in some 
specimens. 
