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Heady; depth 18; eye 10.5; .snout (>. Distance from .snout to origin 

 of dor.sal le.ss than one-third total length; anal origin about two-tifths 

 total length from tip of .snout; dorsal and anal confluent around caudal; 

 pectoral 2 in head; gill-opening .small; lower jaw .slightly projecting; 

 teeth -strong. 



Body long and .slender, little compressed, except po.steriorly; head 

 long, pointed. Color in alcohol, grayi.sh-olive, paler below; caudal 

 and po.sterior portions of dor.sal and anal edged with ])lack. 



Fiimily I.EPTOCEPHALID.E. 



31. LEPTOCEPHALUS, species. 



One ribbon-shaped larva of some eel or eel-like fish, probably a 

 Congei'^ but not certainl}" identifiable. 



Family OPHICHTHYID^:. 



32. PISOODONOPHIS BORO (Hamilton-Buchanan). 

 No. 1591, Toil, and No. ll^OOo, Formosa. F. 1. 



33. OPHICHTHUS CEPHALOZONA Bleeker. 



A small specimen agreeing with (>. cephalozona in most regards, but 

 the dorsal is lower and the pectoral shorter, 4.7 in head. The colora- 

 tion is obscure, the body being crossed b}- obscure paler Ijands; the 

 markings on the head as figured in O. cepJudozonu. Apparently these 

 variations are due to the immature condition of the specimen. 



No. 6149, Hokoto. 



Family MUK.FNID.E. 



34. GYMNOTHORAX PESCADORIS Jordan and Evermann, new species. 



Teeth uniserial on s'kk' of each jaw; two large, sharp, movable teeth 

 on median line of roof of moutli; eye 2.25 in snout, m anterior half 

 of gape; tail slightly shoitei- than rest of body. 



