fardan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 385 



and head conspicaons. Soath Carolina to Bio Janeiro, generally eommon. 

 especially abont the Florida Keys and Cuba. The variations in the 

 length of the trunk and tail hare given rise to various nominal species. 

 One of these {macrmrm. Poey i with the head and trunk 1' to 2:^ in the tail 

 instead of 14^ to I7 as usual in gome^ii may l>e a tangible variety, or possi- 

 bly a species. (Named for Dr. Ildefonso Gomes, who cured Castelnau of a 

 dangerous malady in Rio Janeiro.*) 



' 'pAincnu ^DBKai, Casielsat, Anim Ajoaer. Sad-, 84, pi. 44. S^. '2. laod, Rio Janeiro. 



■ -phumnu ekrjaofe. Poet, Xemorias, ii, 321, 1S6T, Havana. 



■:>zgdomlidtUqit hradkgurms. Poet, Sjnopeie. 426, ls«8 ; ind Poey, Enomerasioi, a, laa, 1873, Ha- 

 vana. 



■ 'zyodt mncU i ft m u u ir m ms, PoET, Anal. Soc. Hift. Xat. Esp.. :i54. litf.i. Havana. 

 ■,'jydomtidi&ip limbatat, PoET, Anal. Soc. Hi^t. Sat. Esp., i54, IsSj, Havana, oam-T a iubetittiie 



for In migmm i). 

 "i-luciOap gamem, GfsTHza, Cat., vm, 60, 1*70. 

 "pUcilijn ekripopi, Jokoajt k GiisEST, SynofieE, 896, 1SS3. 

 ■ytadi^aa gomusi, Jokdas ± Davis, 1. c. €32. 



99i. OPHICHTHTS ZOPHOCHIS Joidan * Gilben). 



Dentition as in 0. gome^ii. Pectoral longer, 2 to 2*^ in head, longer than 

 the cleft of the mouth, which is 2* in head. Tail very nearly twice as 

 long as rest of body: snout rather long: inrerorbital space narrow, less 

 than eye ; nasal tubes rather long, dattened, the edge uneven : dorsal 

 commencing over or in front of the middle of pectoral : head 2t in 

 trunk : head and trunk a liule more than half the taQ : pectoral fin '2f in 

 head : eye Ij in snout, i greater than interorbital width : giU opening 

 less than eye, IJ in isthmus. Color birown above, light yellow below; 

 opercular regions, lower jaw, throat, and pectoral dusky : dorsal and anad 

 edged with black. Pacific Coast of Mexico. Gnaymas to Acapulco; 

 rather common. Close to O. tjiymcsii, but the pectoral longer. u^J««f, 

 darkness: leio, hand (pectoral fin).) 



Ophidithys :s..j)AocAtr, J,>ri>a:5 ± Gixbebt, Proc. F. S. Xat. 5Ins., ISsl, 347, Maratlan. Tvf«, 

 Xos. 2S.2SO, 28277, 29220, and 29Sa. CoJL Gilben.) Jokdax * Giukjiz, Ptoc C. S. i»t 

 Mas., 1SS2, 623. 



"vhickdtK^ zcpko-.-hir, Jordas A Davis, I. c, 633. 



6SS. OPHICHTHTS MAGXIOCFLIS KaapL 



Dentition df O. gomesii. but the head rather long, li to 2* in trunk. Tail 

 long, about 2} times length of rest of body : pectoral 2i in head : dorsal 

 inserted over middle of pectoral : gape 2| in head : head L| in trunk: eye 

 aboQt 2f in snout. Blackish, paler below: dorsal and anal yellowish 

 brown, dotted and bordered with black. West Indies to Brazil, scarce : 

 our specimen from Aspinwall. {magHus, great ; ocii7ii«, eye.) 

 Sejitiil(<pltis raa./HKv.-Kft?, KArp, Apodes, 13, f. 7, 1S56, St. Croix : Brazil. 

 Opki-htS'.f mii^7T(i.-,Ti.'is GfsTHER, Cat., nn, oQ, 1S70. 

 OpkickAii ma^iij:tilif, Jortax i Datis, L «•., "533. 



• Je dedie cette eep^cv a 31. 1? doctenr Iktv-fooeo Gomes, comme nn tijinoi^rrji^ ie ma recon- 

 naksance poor les soins d^sinteresees qn'il m'a doooos it Rio d^ Janeiro en o ■notimfnce atsc nioa 

 ami le docteur WeddeU, pendant la dang«r«aae ntaladie doat j't n^ acteint ^FraiK-is de Castet- 

 nao). 



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