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slender, arid pointed, the narrow upper jaw much projecting; eye much 

 nearer angle of mouth than tip of snout, its length 2 in snout. Teeth 

 rather strong, slender, sharp, apparently uuiserial, the series on voiner 

 largest. Gape short, 4 in head; nasal tubes very short. Pectorals 

 minute, rounded, scarcely larger than eye. Dorsal beginning nearer 

 gill-opening than vent, at a distance behind gill-opening equal to length 

 of head. Head 10 f in total; head with trunk If in tail; head 4 in 

 trunk. Height of body 30 in length. Galvestou, Texas. 



(Jordan & Gilbert, Pirn. V. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 261: ?? Myrophis punctatua Liitken, 

 1. c.: ?? Mijropltin longicollis Kaup, Apodes, 30.) 



585 (.). UI. microstigniiiis Poc-.v. 



Distinguished from M. htmbricus chiefly by the more posterior inser- 

 tion of the dorsal, which begins at a point midway between gill-open- 

 ing and vent. (Poey.) Cuba to Southern Florida. 



(Poey, Rcpert. Fis. Nat. ii, 250; Giinther, viii, 51.) 



Page 300. In Neoconyer mucroiuitus the anal fin is well developed for 

 its entire length; not "rudimentary," as stated by Girard. 



Page 303. After Conger n'xjcr add: 

 588 (6). C. caudicula Bean MSS. 



Olivaceous. Head a little more than 1 times in trunk, times in 

 total length; tail short, its length exceeding that of rest of animal by 

 length of head without snout. Eye equal to snout, 4i in head: lips 

 moderate; anterior nostril tubular; lower jaw included; cleft of mouth 

 reaching hinder margin of pupil ; patch of vomeriue teeth length of 

 eye; 38 close-set teeth in outer series of upper jaw; behind them G con- 

 ical teeth directed part'.y forward; teeth in both jaws biserial. Dorsal 

 beginning o\er posterior part of pectoral; pectoral a little more than 

 J head. Pensacola, Florida, in deep water. (Bean.} 



Bean, Proc. I . s. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 



Pa^e .'-TO. After Notacanthttx clirninit:i add: 

 595 d>). -\. plias^aiioi-iis Cooil.-. 



P.ody nmeli eompres>ed. its greatest width ;ilont one-third its height. 

 Head e\rr\ \\heiv eovered \\itli very small seales, its bones very llrxible 

 Itut protected li\ Ifatlierv skin. Interorbital width more than length 

 of snout. 1 in head, (\\iec diameter of eye. .Mandible twice length of 

 : maxillary eon.>ideral>l\ greater. Teeth of ujiperjaw slender, blunt, 

 ClOSe*8et, liUc eomb-teeth, .'1L.' on each side: teeth of lower jaw shorter, 

 slenderer, in two rows; palatines with villilomi teeth in about two se- 



