ADDENDA 103 (b). OPISTHOGNATHIDAl OPISTIIOGNATHUS. 943 
ventrals dusky, the dorsal with a dusky blotch in front. Body moder- 
ately compressed; head not very large; maxillary truncate behind, ex- 
tending behind eye for a distance about f diameter of eye, its lengtli 
in head; eye -f in head. Teeth conical, curved, well separated, mostly 
in a single series. No teeth on vomer. Fins moderate; dorsal con- 
tinuous, its spines slender; caudal short, its length | i,ead. Head 3|; 
depth 4^-. D. YIII, 17 ; A. II, 13; Lat. 1. 05. Cuba, north to Garden 
Key, Florida. 
(Opisihoonafhiis ynaxiUosiis Pooy, Mem. CnUa, ii, 286, 1860; Poey, Syii. Pise. Cul).400.) 
33S (c).— OPISTlIOGl\’ATIIUS Cuvier. 
(Cuvier, Regne Auim. ed. 2, 1829: type Opisihofinathus sonneratii Cuv.) 
Maxillary lu-olonged backward in a long, flexible lamina, which some- 
times reaches base of pectoral. Characters of tlie genus otherwise in- 
cluded above. behind ; jaw.) 
977 (c). O. scapliiiirais Goode & Bean. 
Grayish olive, much variegated with whitish and dark olive ; about 
0 irregular dusky bauds on the body, which extend on the dorsal fin; 
whitish markings on body forming roundish spots, surrounded by 
reticulations of grayish olive; head maibled, its jiosterior part, as 
well as the sides of the back and pectoral base, with small blackish 
dots; membrane lining the inside of the maxillary with 2 curved inky- 
black bauds on a white ground; angle of mouth with a black spot; 
lining of opercle black; fins all variegated like the body. Body mod- 
erately elongate, somewhat compressed. Head blunt anteriorly; snout 
very short, about as long as pupil; eye large, 4 in head; maxillary 
reaching slightly past edge of preopercle, but not to end of head, its 
length contained 3f times in length of body. Teeth rather strong, wide- 
set, forming 2 distinct series, directed backward, especially in the upper 
jaw; lateral teeth of lower jaw largest; a single vomerine tooth. Gill- 
rakers long and slender, nearly 20 below angle. Scales very small. 
Dorsal fin low, continuous, the soft rays but little higher than the 
siunes, which are slender and flexible, the longest 3;^ in head. Caudal 
short, rounded, its length 5f in body. Anal similar to soft dorsal. 
Pectoral half as long as head. Depth 5. D. XI, IG; A. 18; P. 17; 
Lat. 1. 100. Florida Keys. 
(Gorxle &. Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1882, 417.) 
977 (d). O. lODacBiurus .1. & G. 
Olivaceous; margin of upper lip with a narrow black stripe; caudal 
with 3 dusky bars ; color of rest of body nearly uniform . Head not very 
