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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



19. CHLOPSIS F'lERASFER Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head 14 in trunk; head and trunk :^j''„ in tnil; snout j)r(>duced, 

 with a slight Heshy tip, 2^ in head; eye 8| in snout; <deft of mouth 1 

 extending- to posterior edge of pupil; teeth sharp, slender, rather ; 

 close-set; dorsal insei-ted l)ehind gill-opening at a distance a little 

 greater than length of eye; a niucou.s tube, behind occi})ut across neckj,! 

 without distinct pores; lateral line a continuous tul)e. with 29 large 

 slit-like pores l)efore vent. Depth of body 4^ in head, tail tapering 

 to a moderate point, Avithout filament at tip. Color light olivaceous, 

 with silvery sheen on sides of head; posterior part of dorsal and anal ! 

 in the type for a distance al)out two-thirds length of head jet black as 



— ^Ji<7^v>55^ 



Fig. 10. — Chi.oi'.sis fierasfer. 



though dipped in ink; rest of fins pale; another specimen without 

 black on tail; a ))lack dot at base of each dorsal and anal ray, that on 

 anal sending a narrow streak up each ray. 



Two specimens, the type 18^ inches long. No. 0471, Stanford 

 University Museum, taken at Wakanoura, in Kii, Japan; a female with 

 ripe eggs; the other 14^ inches long (No. -I:!»728. V . S. Nat. Mus.), taken 

 also at Wakanoura. The two specimens ditier a little, especially in the 

 color of the tail, but are evidently not of distinct species. The snout 

 of the smaller one measures 2| in head. {Fii-raxfcr. a tish of similar 

 color; from (f)iep6g^ sleek.) 



Family VII. :MYRTD.E. 



End of tail surrounded by the ct)niluent vertical fins; the posterior 

 nostril is in, or very near, the upper lip; the teeth small, and the tongue 

 is more or less fully adnate to the floor of the moutii. The species are 

 usually of small size and plain colors, more or less worm-like in f(jrni. 

 and inhabit .sandy coasts in tropical seas. They are intermediate in 

 character between tiie (fj>/ilchthi/!(l<i' and the Jruraeiirsoeidw. The 

 osteology has not yet Ix^en carefully studied, })ut they will proba])ly 

 be found to IxMUost m^arly related to the latter family. Indeed, the 



