N.,. 1J39. APODAL FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 865 



along- back, indicating the place of the dorsal fin; no evident fin rays. 

 Color, light olive, finely dotted; body with broad, very faint dark 

 ■shades, scarcely visible, alternate with paler areas; head mottled with 

 darker. 



One specimen. 6 inches long, type No. 49728, United States National 

 Museum, dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer AJhatross at 

 station 3700, in Suruga Bay, off Namazu, in 100 fathoms. 



'/x in. 



Fig. 14.— Sphagebranchus moseri. 



Named for Jefferson Franklin Moser, lieutenant-commander. U. S. N., 

 in honor of the valued services to ichthyology rendered by him as 

 commander of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Alhatro.^!<. 



14. CALLECHELYS Kaup. 



CaUeclu'hj» Kaup, Apodes, 1S5H, j). 28 ((jiuchenoti). 



Pectoral fins wanting; body elongate, compressed; dorsal fin inserted 

 on the head, in advance of the gill opening; tail much shorter than 

 rest of body. Otherwise close to Ophichthus. (/ctvAlo?, Ijeautv; 

 i'yxs^vg., eel.) 



25. CALLECHELYS MELANOT^ENIA Bleeker. 



Cullechelys vielanotanvi Bleeker, Atla;^, Ichthyol. ^Iur;en., 1864, ]>. H(5, ])1. xi.ix, 



fig. 2, Amboyna. 

 OpJdchthi/s mehinotxiwi CiuNTiiEK, Cat. Fish., VIII, p. 87, Aiuboyiia, same 



specimen. 



Head 11| in trunk; head and trunk lii times length of tail; body 

 very slender, the depth 2| in head; snout pointed, much produced; 

 cleft of mouth narrow, extending behind eye; teeth pointed, uniserial; 

 those in front above, strong, recurved, in two rows; gill openings 

 inferior, slightly convergent. No pectoral fin. Dorsal rather high, 

 l)eginning above angle of mouth. Color whitish with a broad, well- 

 defined, jet black band along upper part of side, forming about half of 

 depth of body ; head whitish, marbled with dusky ; dorsal fin white with 

 a broad black edge; anal white. 



A very hand.some eel, recorded b}' Dr. Bleeker from Amboyna; a 

 single specimen 19i inches long collected by Capt. Alan Owston at 

 Yaeyama, Ishigaki Island, Southern Riu Kiu group, and presented to 

 Stanford University. {fxsXa^^ black; raivia^ ribbon.) 



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