88 ART, I. — JORDAN, TAXAKA AND SNVDER : 



253. Mystriophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel). 



Murasaki-hebi-unagi. 

 Opkisimis porphyreiis Temminck & Schlegel, ]^^auna Japoiiica, Poiss., 1846, p. 



26s, pi. CXVI, fig. I. Nagasaki. 

 Distrib. — Wakanoura, Kii ; Nagasaki. 



Genus Ophisurus Lacépcde. 



Ophisurus Lacépède Hist, Nat. Poiss, II, 1802. 



Oxystonins Rafinesque, Caratteri di Alcuni Generi, 18 16, p. 62. {pxvstonnis 



hyaliims Rafinesque = i^/z^/'i^;/« serpens Linnaeus). 



Type Alurœna serpens Linnaeus. (As restricted by Risso, 1826). 



254. Ophisurus macrorhynchus Bleeker. 



Umihebi ; Daiaan-hebi. 

 Ophisurus inaerorJiyneJnis Bleeker, Verh. Bat, Gen. Alur.en., XXV, 1852, p. 



28. Japan. 

 Distrib. — Coasts of Japan. 



Genus Brachysomophis Kaup. 



lirachysomopJds Kaup, Apodes, 1856, p. 9. 

 Type JWaeJiysoDiophis 1 orridns Kaup. 



255. Brachysomophis rostellatus (Richardson). 



Tatsu-una^i. 

 Ophisurus rostellatus Richardson, Ichthyol. Ereb. & Terr., 1S46, p. 105. 



Senegal. 

 Distrib. — West Africa ; Japaiv. 



Family iWOKlXGlJID.E- 



Genus Cryptophlhalmus Franz. 



CrypiopJitJiabnus P>anz, Abh. Bayer. Acad., 1910, p. 15. 

 Type Cryptophthalu.us rohtslus Franz. 



256. Cryptophthalmus robustus Franz. 



Gaisen-umih ebi. 

 Cryptophthalums rohuslus Franz, Abh. Bayer. Akad., 1910, p. 15, taf. Ill, fig. 



1 1 . Yokohama. 

 Ditsrib. — Yokohama. 



