872 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NA TIOXA L MUSE l\V. vol. x x i n . 



31. OPHICHTHUS CEPHALOZONA Bleeker. 



('fiitruropJus spadircKx Kaii', Apode^^, 1856 lig. 1, (not (lew-ription; nr)t of llicli- 



ardson). 

 Mitraenopsis laarginata Bleeker, Ned. Tydskr. Dierk., I, p. 179 (not of Petert-). 

 OphicJiiJn/s cephahzona Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Muraen., 1864, p. 49, pi. xii, fig. 2 



(Singapore, Amboyna). — Kner, NovaraFische, p. 377. — Gunther, Cat. Fish., 



VTII, p. 69, Amboyna, Cape York, Australia, Celm, Philippine Island--^, 



Japan. 



Head 4 in trunk; head and trunk about as long as tail; mouth mod- 

 erate, extending slighth' beyond eye; snout pointed, the upper jaw 

 much projecting; eye moderate, 2 in snout, situated in anterioi' third 

 of head; posterior nostril in advance of 63^6; anterior with a ])road 

 tube. Premaxillary teeth stout, in an irregular group; these together 

 with a pair in front of lower jaw stronger than the others, which are 

 pointed, tixed. uniserial. Pectoral a little more than one-fourth of 

 head. Dorsal inserted above end of pectoral. 



Body purplish brown; nape with a very broad cross band of deep 

 black. l)roadly edged with white in front and behind. Dorsal and 

 anal tricolor, brownish at Iwise, black and white along the margin. 

 (Gunther.) Pectoral dark. Three distinct pores ])ehind rictus: snout 

 and lower jaw with large pores. 



East Indies, widely distril)uted. a specimen in the British Museum 

 collected b}" Mr. Jamrach in ''Japan.'' This ])elongs to a variety or 

 perhaps distinct species, having the nuchal band less distinct, the l)ody 

 and tins marked with irregular dark-brown l)lotches and the dorsal 

 tin without pale edge. {K£(f)aXi}, head; Ccjvt/^ band.) 



32 OPHICHTHUS UROLOPHUS (Schlegel). 



('(»iger urolophua ^chlkgel, Fauna .laponica, Poiss., 1847, p. 260, pi. cxiv, fig. 1 



(Nagasaki.) 

 OphichtJiiis uroloplnis (tuntiier. Cat. Fish., VIII, p. 73, after Schlegel. — Ny.strom, 



K. vSvensk, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1887, }). 46, Nagasaki. 



Head 8 in trunk; cleft of mouth 3 in head; e3^e 1^ m snout; teeth 

 uniserial in both jaws, those above in front somcAvhat irregular. 

 Pectoral well developed, the dorsal l)eginning behind its tip, its distance 

 from the gill opening al)out 2| in head; vertical fins somewhat elevated 

 at the tail. 



Color uniform light brown; oblong ])rownish spots on head and 

 nape above; tins pale, with a white margin. (Schlegel.) 



Nagasaki, described from a large specimen. Hgured by Schlegel; 

 not .seen bv subseciuent writers imless our (J. ((std'Hsw is the same, 

 which s(>ems very unlikelv. {ot)(jd, tail; Ao'^o?, crest.) 



33. OPHICHTHUS ASAKUS/E Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Head 2f in trunk; head and tnuik \\ in tail; body veiT robust, the 

 depth at gill opening 2^ in head; mouth rather small, its cleft 2| in 

 head; extending well l)eyond eye; snout slu)rt. ]>luiil. depressed a])Ove, 



