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with golden-brown tints, otherwise pale grayish. Other fins dull 

 whitish. Length about 3 inches. 



A number of small examples were taken in the sandy shallows of 

 the Marquesas. 



MURiBNID^. 



23. Gymnothorax funebris (Ranzani). Moray, 



Large examples were seen about the reefs off Snipe Key, lurking in 

 the crevices and holes of the coral rocks. They were deep olive in 

 color. 



SILURID^. 



24. Galeichthys felis (Linnaus). Cat Fish. Salt Water Cat. 



Very abundant and a very foul feeder, eating any refuse or filth 

 thrown overboard. They were so ravenous that it was possible to 

 catch them on any kind of bait even on a bent pin. At times great 

 quantities were said to have been taken in seines, in which cases the 

 fishermen would cut the leads and floats, leaving the whole mass to 

 extricate themselves as best they may. Their spines are very much 

 dreaded by the fishermen, who claim they are able to produce 

 dangerous and ugly wounds. Most all the examples I observed were 

 about Big Pine Key. 



PCEJOILIID^. 



25. Fundulus similis (BairdandGirard). Sac-^-Lait. 



Color in life with a whitish lateral band from opercle above to base 

 of caudal interrupting slaty vertical bars which were 9 in number. 

 Lower surface of body white. Dorsal, anal and caudal grayish, former 

 with a well-defined pale base. An olive shade on opercle. Iris silvery, 

 a little brownish above and below, and latter also with a little pale 

 orange. Jaws pale. Length 3f inches. 



Only four examples obtained in the shallow pools on Boca Chica 

 Key. The larger ones have as many as sixteen dark vertical bars. 

 Found associated with this species were all of the following PceciliidcB 



26. Cyprinodon variegatus riverendi (Poey). 



Three examples from the Marquesas and Boca Chica Key. 



27. Cyprinodon mydrus Goode and Bean. Puss Gut. Fig. 5 (male). 



Color in life nearly milky-white, upper surface or back above slightly 

 brownish. Lower surface or body milky-white and fins very pale 

 brownish. After death some examples turned pale olive on back and 

 top of head, and on dorsal and caudal. These fins, back and side 



