b BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



17. Saurida gracilis (Quoy i Gaimard). 



Head 4.10 in length; depth 6.20; eye 5 in head; dorsal 10: anal 9; scales 49. Color brownish, with 

 dusky blotches along the side, extending to below lateral line; fins spotted and irregularly banded with brown. 

 Three, specimens from Manila, length 1.25 inches 



Family LEPTOCEPHALID.Ji. 



TJR0C0NGER Kaup. 

 18. Uroconger lepturus (Richardson). 



Teeth in double rows in jaws; vomerine teeth in a single pointed row; outer and anterior teeth largest. 

 Tail tapering to a very fine point Color in spirits dull uniform brown: head and chin lighter. One specimen 

 from Manila, length 12.50 inches. 



Family Ml K.L".\ES0CII).€. 



MUR.ENES0X McClelland. 



19. Muraenesox cinereus (Forskal). 



Vomerine teeth large and sawlike, with a basal lobe before and behind. Two specimens from Manila, 

 length 12.75 and 13.50 inches. 



Family MYRIDvE. 



20. Mursenichthys gyrnnopterus (Bleeker). 



Two specimens, one of 4 inches, one of 12, from Cavite. 



Family OPHICHTHYIDjE. 



OPHICHTHUS Ahl. 



21. Ophichthus tapeinopterus (Bleeker). 



Teeth small, pointed, of equal size, forming broad bands in maxillary, in two rows on mandible and vomer; 

 trunk half the length of tail: gape 2.75 in head. ( lolor in spirits uniform yellowish brown, a little darker on 

 upper part. One specimen from Cavite, length 11 inches. 



22. Ophichthus sp. (larva) . 



Four specimens, from Manila, of a larval eel with sharp-pointed mouth, rather long teeth in a single series; 

 no pectorals; anal, dorsal, and caudal fin differentiated, body very strongly compressed, rather short. Length 

 4 to 5 inches. 



23. Jenkinsiella nectura Jordan, new species. 



Fig. 1. — Jenkinsiella nectura Jordan, new species. Type. 



Body slender, subterete, the greatest depth about 3 in head: head 9.75 in total length, 2.25 in trunk; head 

 and trunk 3.5 in tail : eye very small, nearly 9 in head. I 75 in snout ; mouth rather large, extending much past 

 eye nearly 3 in head: edge of upper lip with a rots of conspicuous fleshy fringes posteriorly, the longest about 



