(ULBKIIT AND STAHKS - FISHKS OF PANAMA HAY 35 



Family MUILKNESI H 1 1 ) JO. 

 57- Muraenesox coniceps .fovdan (C- Gilbert. 



SaI IKO. 



'I'lio most aliiiiHlaiit col at Panama, wlicrc; it appears in the market nearly 

 every day. The relations of the speeie.s to its Atlantic representative M.xacnaua are 

 much in need of elucidation. 



58. Neoconger verraiformis (lilhevi. 



"Alhatross," Station '27W, Panama I'.ay, 2!)^ fathoms ((Jilhert, IHUU h, p. 450). 



Family MYlllDzE. 



59. Myrophis vafer Jordan d- Gilbert. 



Numerous in rock-pools, from which sevei'al specimens were ohtaincd, larj^er 

 than any heforo rt^cordcd. The teeth arc in a moderate hand in u|)pcr jaw, narrowinu; 

 backward, and wideninii,- rapidly in front, where it becomes confluent with the patch 

 at anterior end of vomerine series. Ikdiiud this, the vomerine teeth are in a single 

 series, which is continued backward to behind angle of mouth. IMandibular teeth in 

 a single series laterally, widening into a band at symphysis. In M. pnnciatus all the 

 bands of teeth are wider, and thoseof vomer and mandible are in more than one series. 



V'ad/c of Measurements in Millimeters. 



Family OPIIK^HTIIYID.E. 



60. Myrichthys tigrinus Gimrd. 



Ophisurus xy stunts JORH an &. Gii.hicrt, 1881 c, p. ^^46. 



Xumorous specimens were obtained from tide-pools on the reef. They answer 

 Girard's description of the t^'pe, and also the type description of 0. .vysiiirus. The 

 number of rows of teeth on sides of mandible varies from two to four, younger speci- 



* Tail in this specimen evidently injured, though surrounded by the fin. 



