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oped, both confluent with caudal, which is rayed. Pharynx some- 

 what saccate ; gill openings much behind head, one-third the distance 

 from snout to vent. Eye over middle of cleft of mouth, small, 1£ 

 in snout, about equal in size to gill opening. Teeth blunt conical, 

 one irregular row in each jaw, those at symphysis of lower jaw some- 

 what smaller and grouped ; two rows of about six each on vomer. 

 Maxillary extending for length of snout beyond cleft of mouth, the 

 distance of its tip from anterior margin of eye equal to greatest 

 depth of body. Nostrils labial. Colorless (in alcohol), finely dusted 

 with black specks on back. 



OPHICHTHYIDJE. 



Ophichthus cancrivorus (Richardson). 



Ophisurus cancrivorus Richardson, Voy. Ereb. & Terr., Fish., 97, 1848. 

 Ophichthys cancrivortis, Gunther, Cat. VIII, 78, 1870. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



Pisoodonophis boro (Hamilton-Buchanan). 



Ophisurus boro Hamilton-Buchanan, Fish. Gang., pp. 20, 363 [Giinther). 

 Pisoodonophis boro, Kaup, Apod., p. 17 (Giinther), 1856. 

 Ophichthys boro, Giinther, Cat., VIII, 77, 1870 ; Day, Fishes of India, 664, 

 pi. 171, fig. 2. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



MORINGUIDJE. 



Moringua lumbricoidea Richardson. 



Moringua lumbricoidea Richardson, Voy. Sulph. Ich., 113, pi. 56, figs. 7- 

 11 ; Gunther, Cat., VIII, 91, 1870. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



DOROSOMATID^l. 



Dorosoma prrnctatum (Sehlegel). 



Chatoessus punctatus Sehlegel, Fauna Japonica, p. 240, pi. 109, fig. 1, 1847; 

 Giinther, Cat. Fishes, VII, 408, 1867. 



One specimen, 6 inches long. 



Head 3|, depth 3|, eye 4 ; scales 50-19 ; B. 6 ; D. 15 ; A. 21. 



Snout somewhat projecting, maxillary reaching under anterior 

 fourth of eye ; no teeth ; eye a little longer than snout ; lower margin 

 of opercle convex. Ventral inserted under 4th or 5th ray of dorsal, 

 and nearer base of pectoral than origin of anal, extending about f of 

 the distance to anal. Tip of pectoral is below origin of dorsal, 

 which is nearer snout than caudal. Dorsal filament reaching past 

 end of anal. Base of pectoral not wholly below gill opening. Profile 

 regularly curved, deepest at origin of dorsal. 



