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rings. Minute filaments above the eyes, and apparently along the 

 sides of the body. 



Phycis floridanus, new species. 



The type of the species is No. 32,762, taken by Silas Stearns at 

 Pensacola. It is about yj^ inches long. In general appearance it 

 resembles jP. regius, differing from this in its smaller scales, and 

 more numerous dorsal rays. The greatest height is one-fifth of the 

 total length to caudal base, and equals four-fifths of the length of 

 head. Head 4 times in length to caudal base. Eye slightly less 

 than snout, 5 times in length of head. Maxilla slightly less than 

 mandible, one-half length of head. First dorsal not produced. 

 Ventral about five-fourths length of head. Pectoral equal to head 

 in length. Dorsal XIII, 57 ; Anal 49. Scales between first dorsal 

 and lateral line in nine or ten rows ; about 1 20 scales in the lateral 



line. 



Ophichthys guttifer, new species. 



The type of the species numbered 32,647 in the National Mu- 

 seum register is 22^ inches in length. It resembles O. ocellatus 

 (Le Sueur) very closely, but the differences from that species are 

 so important that we cannot consider them sexual. 



The greatest height of body equals the distance from the angle 

 of the mouth to the tip of the snout. The dorsal fin begins at a 

 distance behind the vertical from tip of pectoral equal to length of 

 the snout. The length of the pectoral is nearly 3^^ times in length 

 of the head. The head is y^ of the total length, ^ of the trunk. 

 Eye i^ times in length of snout, 9 times in that of head. 

 Twenty-one or twenty-two small white spots along the median line. 



