53. ANGUILLIDCE OPHICHTHYS. 359 



Brownish, with numerous small roundish black spots. (Guntker.) 

 West Indies, north to West Florida. 



(Crotalopsis punciifcr Kaup, Abhaudl. Naturwiss. Yereiu Hamburg, iv, 2, 1860: 

 Nacrodonopliis mordax Poey, Eept. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 252, 1868: Crotalopsis mordax 

 Goocle & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 154; Giinther, viii, 50.) 



**No distinct canine teeth; snout moderate. (Jtftirwnopsis* Le Sueur.) 

 t Teeth in the lower jaw in a double series; cleft of mouth wide. 



5 3. O. triserialis (Kaup) Giiuther. 



Body with larger and smaller roundish black spots, alternating; 

 head with many small black spots above and below ; belly plain ; head 

 and body with longitudinal streaks. Gill-openings curved, well sepa- 

 rated, a little longer than pectorals. Head with longitudinal wrinkles, 

 its length two-fifths the distance from the gill-opening to the vent. 

 Mouth wide, its cleft more than one-third the head. Eye moderate, If 

 in snout. Teeth pointed, fixed, all biserial, except those on vomer, 

 which are uuiserial. Pectoral fin 3 in head, the dorsal beginning 

 above its terminal portion. Tail rather longer than body. Southern 

 California to Brazil. (Described from G-arrett's type of 0. calif or niensis.} 



(Mnnnioimx triserialis Kaup, Apodes, 1856, 12; Gunther, viii, 58: Ophisurus californi- 

 ensis Garrett, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. iii, 66.) 



tt Teeth in lower jaw in one series. (Herpetoichthys Kaup.) 



584. &. oceSBataas (Le S.) Gunther. 



A series of round white spots along the middle of the side of the 

 body and tail; dorsal fin with a black edge; some white dots on the 

 back behind the head and a white line across the occiput. Length 

 of the head rather less than one-third of the distance of the gill- 

 opening from the vent. Snout pointed, the upper jaw projecting be- 

 yond the lower. Cleft of the mouth wide, two-fifths the length of the 

 head. Eye of moderate size, two-thirds of the length of the snout, and 

 situated in the anterior third of the head. Teeth pointed, fixed, un- 

 equal in size; the intermaxillary teeth largest, arranged in a curved, 

 transverse series ; maxillary teeth in a double, vomerine and mandibu- 

 lary teeth in a single series ; only the anterior mandibulary teeth form 

 a short, double series. Length of the pectoral fin rather more than 

 one-third that of the head ; dorsal fin commencing opposite the poste- 

 rior third of the pectoral. Tail longer than the body. (Gunther.) 

 West Indies, north to West Florida. 



(Murainopsis ocellatus Le Sueur, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v, 108; Gunther, viii, 

 68: Herpctolclitliys ocellatus Goode & l?ean, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 155.) 



*Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v, 108: type Murasnopsis ocellata Le S. 

 , Hiirmna; oipi?, appearance.) 



