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Mandible depressed, shallow, rami low, symphysis extending forward 

 slightly before snout tip. Maxillary not distinct. Teeth long, 

 slender, uniserial in jaws, and flaring out all around jaw edges. No 

 teeth on palate. Tongue not distinct. Nostrils well separated 

 small pores, on side of snout, anterior near snout tip and posterior 

 close before eye. Interorbital a little convex. 



Gill-opening small, inferior. 



Body naked, smooth, myocommas and myomeres distinct. 



Vertical fins low, continuous around caudal and latter less than 

 eye. Pectoral not evident. Vent about last f in total length. 



Color in alcohol uniform pale brownish. Iris slaty. Along 

 ventral edge of body 2 series of dark chromatophores, these series 

 closely approximated, and a single chromatophore about opposite 

 each myomere. No other chromatophores. 



Length 4f inches. 



Type No. 982, A. N. S. P. Beesley's Point, Cape May County, 

 New Jersey. Charles E. Ashmead. 



Only a single example, described above. It appears to be related 

 to species without pectoral fins, such as Atopichthys gillii (Eigenmann 

 and Kennedy) and A. strommani (Eigenmann and Kennedy). It 

 is, however, much longer and more slender, with the vent different, 

 and the muscular bands with other formula. 



(Named for New Jersey.) 



Atopichthys phillipsi Fowler. 



Another example of this interesting fish, only known before from 

 the type, was secured at ("Mountain Island") Corson's Inlet on 

 June 26, 1909, by Dr. R. J. Phillips. On this occasion Dr. Phillips 

 notes Mustelus mustelus, Raja eglanteria, Brevoortia tyrannus, Fun- 

 dulus majalis, F. heteroclitus macrolepidotus, Menidia menidia notata, 

 Centropristis striatus, Bairdiella chrysura, Menticirrhus saxatilis, 

 M. americanus, Scicenops ocellatus, Cynoscion regalis, Tautogolabrus 

 adspersus, Tautoga onitis, Spheroides maculatus, Paralichthys dentatus 

 and Opsanus tau. 



Felichthys marinus (Mitchill). 



One taken August 11, another August 14, and still another August 

 20, 1911, at Corson's Inlet. 



Fundulus luciae (Baird), 



Mr. W. B. Davis secured one on June 21, 1911, in the salt-ponds 

 near Peck's Bay. It was associated with F. heteroclitus macro- 

 lepidotus and Cyprinodon variegatus. On July 22 Mr. D. McCadden 



