ADDENDA 53. ANGUILLID^E OPHICHTHYS. 897 



bead, and 4 on each side of upper part of snout, besides a few smaller 

 ones about the lips. Dark brown, slightly mottled with darker, not 

 paler below; head paler than body; dorsal fin pale, with a broad black- 

 ish margin. West coast of Florida. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882.) 



Page 358. After Gcecula scuticaris add : 

 581 (&). C. teres (Goode & Bean) J. & G. 



Body terete, moderately elongate, about f length of head. Snout 

 short, moderately pointed, projecting somewhat beyond lower jaw, its 

 length 6J in head, 2 times the very small eye. Tube of anterior nos- 

 tril shorter than eye. Cleft of mouth 4 in head ; front of eye behind mid- 

 u'e of cleft. Lower jaw rather short and weak ; tongue not free in front. 

 Head 8| times in trunk. Trunk and tail equal in length. Dorsal (as 

 in C. scuticaris) beginning in front of middle of head.* Distance from 

 tip of snout to front of dorsal 2f head. Dorsal of moderate height, 

 its longest ray nearly equal to snout. End of tail acute. Anal well de- 

 veloped, lower than dorsal. Pectorals minute, pointed, usually shorter 

 than eye. Gill-openings vertical (as in C. scuticaris), the length of one 

 slit slightly more than breadth of isthmus, about equal to length of 

 snout. Lateral line distinct, the pores well separated. Head without 

 conspicuous pores. Uniform clear brown, paler below, whitish on the 

 head; fins all pale. West Florida. 



(SphagebrancJivA teres Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 



Page 350. No. 582 may perhaps stand as 

 582. O. niordax (Poey) J. & G. 



The identity of the species found on our coast with Macrodonophis 

 mordax Poey is certain, but the " Crotalopsis punctifer" of Kaup is 

 somewhat questionable. The small vomerine teeth are in two series. 



On page 359, substitute for the description of 583, Opliiclithys triseri- 

 alis : 



Light olive brown; a dorsal series of large round black spots, be- 

 sides two alternating lateral series; head with small spots above and 

 below, those below elongate; dorsal and anal narrowly edged with 

 black; pectorals with a few spots. Skin of head with longitudinal 

 wrinkles. Length of head a little more than one-third its distance 

 from vent. Head subconical, the snout rather long and pointed. 



* Subgenus CallecMi/s Kaup, Apodes, 1856, 28 : type Calleclielys guichenoti Kaup. 



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