Jordan and E^'erniann. — Fishes of NortJi A>nerica. 397 



651. LYCODONTIS SANCT^l-HELEX K (Gimther). 



Cleft of mouth lees tliau luilf of bead ; teethof Jaws irregularly biserial ; 

 voiueriuo teeth biserial ; snout rather produced and narrow ; eye situated 

 above the middle of gape, 2j in snout ; cleft of mouth contained 2^ in 

 head ; head 2^ in trunk ; tail longer than rest of body. Brownish black, 

 with numerous rather irregular pale grayish spots, the largest about the 

 size of the eye, the smallest mere dots; each spot again marbled with 

 darker, the smaller and larger spots mixed together. (Gunther.) Tropi- 

 cal Atlantic, recorded from St. Helena and the Bermudas. 



Mnriaia sancUv-heUnw, GOntheu, Cat., viii, 115, 1870, St. Helena. (Coll. J. 0. Melliss); Bean, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 11,3. 

 Gymnothorax sancliE-helenx, Jordan & Davis, I. c, 602. 



652. LYCODONTIS DOVII (GUnther). 

 (Morena Pintita.) 



Teeth all uniserial, those on lower jaw small, compressed, directed back- 

 wards ; front of lower jaw with several canines ; upper with some fixed 

 canines among the other teeth ; head 2 to 2| in trunk ; cleft of mouth 2 to 

 2i in head ; tail longer than body. Brownish or blackish, with small 

 round bluish or yellowish spots, ocellated or not, these spots scattered, 

 irregular in jjosition, and smaller than eye ; dorsal colored like the back. 

 Gulf of California to the Galapagos; rather scarce ; variable. (Named 

 for Captain John M. Dow.) 



Muivcna dovii, GPnther, Cat., viii, 103, 1S70, Panama. (Coll. Capt. Dow.) 



MimiiM jniitila, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 346, Mazatlan. (Type, No, 



28311. Coll. Gilbert.) 

 Si'lera dnvii, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 209. 

 Gymnuthurax dovii, Jordan & Davis, I. c, 604. 



653. LYCODONTIS CONSPERSUS (Poey). 



Vomerine teeth biserial ; mandible with about 17 teeth on each side. 

 Head 2| in trunk ; tail but little longer than rest of body. Entire body 

 covered with small blue dots one-sixth diameter of eye, the distance 

 between them being equal to diameter of eye ; front and top of head 

 without dots; dorsal with vertical cross streaks of bluish. (Poey.) 

 Cuba to Rio Janeiro, {conspersiis, speckled.) 



Murienophis punctata, Castelnau, Aniiii. Nouv. Rares Ami'r. Sud, 82, 1856, Rio Janeiro ; (not 



Gytmiolhorax pnnctiitus, Blooh). 

 Gymnothorax cousperms. Poet, Repertorio, ii, 259, 1868, Cuba ; Jordan & Davis, I. c, 604. 

 Murmia coimpersa, GOnther, Cat., 102, 1870. 



654. LYCODONTIS MILIARIS (Kaiip). 



Teeth of upper jaw biserial. Vomerine teeth uniserial, mostly small 

 and rounded. Teeth biserial, except on vomer and side of mandible; 

 canines small ; mouth can be shut completely ; gill opening as wide as 

 eye; eye 2 in snout ; cleft of mouth 2i in head; head 2i in body; tail 

 rather longer than rest of body. Color nearly uniform from head to 



