ADDENDA - 103 (ft). OPISTHOGNATHIDJL - OP1STHOGNATHUS. 043 



veutrals dusky, the dorsal with a dusky blotch in front. Body moder- 

 ately compressed; head not very large; maxillary truncate behind, ex- 

 tending behind eye for a distance about diameter of eye, its length 1 

 in head; eye ':| in head. Teeth conical, curved, well separated, mostly 

 in a single series. No teeth on vomer. Fins moderate; dorsal con- 

 tinuous, its spines slender; caudal short, its length head. Head 3|; 

 depth 4. D. VIII, 17; A. II, 13; Lat, 1. 05. Cuba, north to Garden 

 Key, Florida. 



(Opitfhofiiwlliiix iiKH'iUosus Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 286, 1860; Poey, Syu. Pise. Cub. 400.) 

 33 (o). OPISTHOGNATHUS Cuvier. 



(Cuvier, Regne Anim. ed. 2, 1829: type Opisthognathus sonncratii Cuv. ) 



Maxillary prolonged backward in a long, flexible lamina, which some- 

 times reaches base of pectoral. Characters of the genus otherwise in- 

 cluded above. (o-tffdr^ behind; yvdOos, jaw.) 



9TCV (c). O. scapliiurus Goode & Bean. 



Grayish olive, much variegated with whitish and dark olive ; about 

 irregular dusky bands on the body, which extend on the dorsal fin; 

 whitish markings on body forming roundish spots, surrounded by 

 reticulations of grayish olive; head marbled, its posterior part, as 

 well as the sides of the back and pectoral base, with small blackish 

 dots; membrane lining the inside of the maxillary with 2 curved inky- 

 black bands on a white ground; angle of mouth with a black spot; 

 lining of opercle black; fins all variegated like the body. Body mod- 

 erately elongate, somewhat compressed. Head blunt anteriorly; snout 

 very short, about as long as pupil; eye large, 4 in head; maxillary 

 reaching slightly past edge of preopercle, but not to end of head, its 

 length contained 3f times in length of body. Teeth rather strong, wide- 

 set, forming 2 distinct series, directed backward, especially in the upper 

 jaw; lateral teeth of lower jaw largest; a single vomeriue tooth. Gill- 

 rakers long and slender, nearly 20 below angle. Scales very small. 

 Dorsal fin low, continuous, the soft rays but little higher than the 

 spines, which are slender and flexible, the longest 3-V in head. Caudal 

 short, rounded, its length 5f in body. Anal similar to soft dorsal. 

 Pectoral half as long as head. Depth 5. D. XI, 1C; A. 18; P. 17; 

 Lat. 1. 100. Florida Keys. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 417.) 



977 (d). O. BoncBjurus J. & <~4. 



Olivaceous; margin of upper lip with a narrow black stripe; caudal 

 with 3 dusky bars ; color of rest of body nearly uniform . Head not very 



