ADDENDA - 53. ANGUILLID.E MYROPHIS. 899 



Page 359. After Ophichthys ocellatus add : 



170 (&).- PISODONTOPHIS Kaup. 

 (Pisoodonophis Kaup, Apodes, 1856, 15: type Ophisurus cancrivorus Rich.) 



Teetb all, or nearly all, more or less rounded or granular. Other- 

 wise essentially as in Ophichthys. (->.<rnv, pea; o'tfouc, tooth; ctycc, snake.) 



54 (6). P. longus (Poey) Goode & Bean. 



Body extremely elongate, its greatest depth little more than length 

 of head. Snout rather pointed, its length 5f in head and twice diam- 

 eter of eye. Tubes of anterior nostril nearly as long as eye. Cleft of 

 mouth 3 in head; the front of eye slightly behind its middle. Teeth 

 ull blunt and rounded, biserial; those of the front of jaws considerably 

 larger than the rest. Head 4 in trunk. Head and trunk If in tail. 

 Dorsal beginning at nape, at a point slightly nearer base of pectoral 

 than eye, the fin of moderate height, higher than the anal; end of tail 

 sharp. Pectorals extremely small, rounded, broader than long, the 

 breadth of their bases equal to depth of gill-opening. Ground color 

 dark brown, pale below; each side with 2 series of round, whitish 

 blotches, about 40 spots in each series; spots somewhat largest and 

 most distinct anteriorly, where their diameter is nearly equal to length 

 of snout. Head with irregular round whitish spots on each side. 

 Dorsal brownisb, margined with dusky; other fins pale. Florida to 

 Cuba. 



(? Murcena acuminata Gronow, Syst. Ichth. Ed. Gray, 1854, 21: Ophisurus longut 

 Poey, Rep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, 1868, 254: Ophichthys acu-minatus Gimtker. viii, 83.) 



Page 360. After Myriclithys tigrinus insert: 



(&). raYROPHIS Liitken. 



(Lfitken, Vid. Med. Naturh. Foreii. Kjobenh. 1851, 1: type Myrophis punctatus Liitk.) 



Body elongate, subcylindrical, scaleless. Vertical fins low, meeting 

 around the tail, the dorsal beginning far behind the pectoral, which is 

 small. Mouth moderate, its cleft extending beyond the eye; upper jaw 

 longest ; teeth moderate, in 1-3 series. Nostrils on the margin of the 

 upper lip, the anterior tubular. Size small. (M'-Y>?, Myrus; o^?, snake.) 



585 (6). M. 1 11111 brie us J. & G. 



Light olive, everywhere except below finely punctulate; some very 

 faint roundish yellowish spots ; eyes green ; lower side of head with 

 steel-blue luster. Body worm-shaped, tapering backwards and scarcely 

 compressed; diameter of head less than that of body. Head very small, 



