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613. VERMA KEXDALLI (Gilbert). 



Head less than ^ of trunk, contained 64 in trunk, body 1^ in tail; snout 

 sharp ; cleft of mouth 4 in head ; gill slits small, inferior, directly trans- 

 verse (as in Coecula imherhis), the isthmus very narrow, not as wide as eye, 

 which is 2 in snout ; tail sharp-pointed ; eye before middle of gape. Col- 

 oration plain brownish, speckled. Coast of Florida, in rather deep water. 

 (Named for William C. Kendall, assistant in the U. S. Fish Commission.) 

 SpliagebrmirliHs kendaUi, GiLUEUT, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., ix, 1889, (1891), 310, off west coast 

 of Florida, 25° 34' N. 82° r,o' W., in 25 fathoms. (Type, No. 44304. Coll. Kendall.) 



177. LETHARCHUS, Goode & Bean. 



LetharcMs, Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 437, {relifer). 



Anal fin wanting; no pectoral fins; dorsal fin well developed, beginning 

 on the head ; gill ojienings subinferior, converging ; anterior nostrils tubu- 

 lar; tongue slender. One species known. {Ajjdofxai, to forget; ap^oc, 

 anus, for anal fin.) 



614. LETHARCHUS TELIFER, Goode & Bean. 



Teeth uniserial on jaws and vomer, small and directed inward and back- 

 ward; snout long and pointed, projecting i^ its length beyond the lower 

 jaw; gill openings subinferior, almost horizontal, equal to lower jaw, 

 three times the breadth of the isthmus; nostrils not prominent, without 

 tube; anterior under the tip of snout; lateral line distinct, extending 

 forward in a curve, ending in a pore on the top of the head, just in front 

 of the beginning of the dorsal fin ; head 61 in trunk ; tail pointed, 2i in 

 total length ; cleft of mouth 4 in head ; snout 9 in head and twice the 

 diameter of the eye. Plum-colored, head lighter, throat pale ; dorsal fin 

 white, edged with a broad band of black. Coast of Florida, in rather 

 deep water. Known only from the Snapper Banks off" Pensacola and 

 Tampa, {velum, sail; fero, I bear.) 

 Lelharclms velifer, Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 437, 'West Florida. (Type, No. 



31458. Coll. Kaiser & Martin.) Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 896, 1883 ; Jordan, Proc. U. 



S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 33 ; Jordan & Davis, I. c, 61G. 



178. MYRICHTHYS, Girard. 



Pisondonophif, Kaup, Apodes, 15, 1850, (in part ; not type, as restricted by Bleekeb, which is P. 



caucrivorus), 

 Myrichihi/s, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sri. Phila., 1859, 58, (llgrUms). 

 Ophisuntf, SWAINSON, Bleeker, etc., (not of Lacepede, nor of Risso, nor Kai'P, who restrict 



the name to O. serpens). 



Teeth mostly blunt and molar; pectoral fins small; dorsal beginning on 

 the head before gill opening ; otherwise essentially as in Opliichthiis. 

 Species numerous, found in most tropical seas. Coloration variegated. 

 (fxvpog, Myrus ; '.x^i'C, fish.) 



a. Spots on body large, blackish, without pale centers ; all of them circular or nearly so ; tho 

 grotind color paler. tiorinu-s 615. 



aa. Spots on body large, black, most of them with a distinct pale center, the ground color 

 paler. octlEATUt., 616. 



aaa. Spots on body large, round, nearly whitish in color, the ground color dark. 



ACUMINATUS, 617. 



