no. 1592. FISHES FROM GULF OF MEXICO—JORDAN AND DICKERSON. 19 
The smaller of the 2 specimens (length 8+ inches) corresponds to 
the original description; the larger (length 9} inches), a very old 
representative of the species, disagrees in that the depth has increased 
disproportionally to the other measurements. The depth is 2 in the 
length in the types, whereas in this specimen it measures barely 1%. 
Family GOBIUD J. 
GOBIOMORUS DORMITOR (Lacépéde). 
Locality, Tampico. 
Five specimens from 34 to 124 inches in length. } 
The genus Gobtomorus was based by Lacépede on 4 species, be- 
- longing to the modern genera Vomeus, Valenciennea, Philypnus, and 
Periophthalmus. t was first revived by Jordan and Gilbert in 1882, 
and restricted to dormitor, the type of Philypnus. Later, 1882, it 
was restricted to the tazboa, the type of Valenciennea, by Gill, by the 
method of elimination. Still later, 1907, 1t was used by Jordan for 
gronovii, the type of Nomeus by the “ first species rule.” By the rule 
of type by first designation, in accordance with the International 
Code, Gobiomorus replaces Philypnus, a matter of regret, as the 
latter name was one especially well chosen. 
ELEOTRIS ABACURUS Jordan and Gilbert. 
Hleotris abacurus JORDAN and GILBERT, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 1896, p. 228 
(Charleston). 
A single specimen 2 inches long from a lagoon near Tampico. 
Head 3 in length; depth 44. D. VI-9; A. I-8. Scales 51-20. 
The preopercular spine is well developed; the long depressed head 
completely scaled. The scales on back and belly are cycloid, those on. 
the sides ctenoid. The teeth in the outer and inner rows of the villi- 
form bands are somewhat enlarged. 
The body is brown, darker on the sides, the combined effect of ob- 
scure lengthwise streaks along the middle lines of the scales; contin- 
uous with this lateral color is a brown band over the head, through 
the eye to the end of the snout; two dark streaks extend from the 
eye downward and backward over the cheeks, and a small black spot 
(size of eye) lies at the base of the pectoral fin partially hidden by 
the opercle. The color of the fins, as well as this body color, agrees 
with the original description by Jordan and Gilbert, but the speci- 
men is smaller than the original type and the markings more distinct. 
