ADDENDA 53*. ANGUILLID^E OPHICHTHYS. 897 
Lead, and 4 on each side of upper part of snout, besides a few smaller 
ones about the lips. Dark brown, slightly mottled with darker, not 
paler below; head paler than body; dorsal fin pale, with a broad black- 
ish margin. West coast of Florida. 
(Goode &. Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882.') 
Page 358. After Gcecula scuticaris add ; 
581 (b). C. teres (Goode & Bean) J. & G. 
Body terete, moderately elongate, about f length of head. Snout 
short, moderately pointed, projecting somewhat beyond lower jaw, its 
length G.J in head, 2^ times the very small eye. Tube of anterior nos- 
tril shorter than eye. Cleft of mouth 4 in head ; front of eye behind mid- 
dle of cleft. Lower jaw rather short and weak ; tongue not free in front- 
Head 8| times in trunk. Trunk and tail equal in length. Dorsal (as 
in C. scuticaris) beginning in front of middle of head.* Distance from 
tip of snout to front of dorsal 2f head. Dorsal of moderate height,, 
its longest ray nearly equal to snout. End of tail acute. Anal well de- 
veloped, lower than dorsal. Pectorals minute, pointed, usually shorter 
than eye. Gill-openings vertical (as in G. scuticaris), the length of one 
slit slightly more than breadth of isthmus, about equal to length of 
snout. Lateral line distinct, the pores well separated. Head without 
conspicuous pores. Uniform clear brown, paler below, whitish on the 
head; fins all pale. West Florida. 
(^Spbagebranehus teres Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1882.) 
Page 359. Ko. 582 may perhaps stand as — 
582. O. moi’dax (Poey) J. & G. 
The identity of the species found on our coast with MacrodonopTiis 
mordax Poey is certain, but the “ Grotalopsis punctifer^’ of Kaup is 
somewhat questionable. The small vomerine teeth are in two series. 
On page 359, substitute for the description of 583, OpMchthys trisei'i- 
alis: 
Light olive brown; a dorsal series of large round black spots, be- 
sides two alternating lateral series; head with small spots above and 
below, those below elongate; dorsal and anal narrowly edged with 
black; pectorals with a few spots. Skin of head with longitudinal 
wrinkles. Length of head a little more than one-third its distance 
from vent. Head subconical, the snout rather long and pointed. 
* Subgenus CaUecheli/s Kaup, Apodes, 1856, 28; type CaUechelys gukhenoti Kaup. 
{xdXoi, fair; 
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