SCO CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



171. XITKICIITIITS Girard. 



(Girard, I'mr. Acad. Nal. Sri. I'hila. l-.V.'. 58: type Myrichthys tigrintts Gnl.) 



lYctoi-als present; dorsal inserted in advance of base of pectorals, at 

 :i point neaier to them than to the eye. Ilead lavge; the lower jaw 

 shorter tlian the upper. Teeth granular, disposed in elongated patches 

 on the jaws, palatines, and nasal bones. Eyes well developed. Gill- 

 openings lateral, moderate. Body naked. Xostrils near the end of the 

 snout, the upper very small, opposite the lower, which are conspicuous 

 and tubular. (,"</"'?, Myrns, an ancient name of Mttnnnt ; iyj> : >~, tish.) 



585. .TI. titfriiiiis (>rd. 



Brownish above, throat and belly dull whitish ; roundish, dark brown 

 spots on tin- body in four longitudinal series; belly plain ; throat with 

 whitish spots; spots on head smaller and deeper in color. Fins oliva- 

 ceous; pectoral and anal plain; dorsal spotted like the body, white- 

 edged. Body sul (cylindrical, somewhat compressed, tapering backward. 

 Pectorals broader than long. Head lii in length. Cleft of mouth ex- 

 tending beyond eyes. Teeth unequal, in many series; three scries on 

 the front of the dentary bones; two on the upper jaw and two on the 

 shaft of the vomer. Length 2 feet. (Girard.} Adair Bay, Oregon, not 

 found by recent collectors. 



(Girard, Pirn. A. -ad. Nat. Sci. 1'liila, 1S59, 58.) 



172. NEOCOXGER Girard. 



(Girard, I'. S. Mrx. IJoimd. .Surv. Iditli. 1 ~.">l>, 77: type J\Yr)/r/,r inn>T<>iinlHn Gnl.) 



Scaleless. Pectoral lins present: dorsal and anal fins rudimentary, 

 passing around the tail, towards the end of which they are more devel- 

 oped. Cleft of the mouth extending beyond the small eye; maxillary 

 teeth slender, in several series; vomerine teeth nniserial, forminga patch 

 in front; posterior nostrils near the anterior rim of the orbit, anterior 

 near the tip of the snout; tail not much longer than the body. Gill- 

 openings vertical, rather large. Gulf of Mexico, (^'-s', new; 



( 'oiigcr.) 



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5NG. ."%. 



1 )ai k reddish brown above, paler below; head small, slender, pointed; 

 upper jaw the longer; dorsal tin beginning just in front of the Vent, 

 forming a membranous ridge until near the tail, where it expands and 

 bee ...... >s lin like: pectorals small. Coast of Texas, ((iinird.) 



(Girard, U. S. M-'x. I!.. mid. Surv. I.-lilh. l~.V.t, 77; (uinlluT, viii, -I'.).) 



