115. LYCODIDiE URONECTES. 
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429. — GY]TIi\EL5S Reinhardt. 
(Reinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. vii, 131, 1838: type Ophidium viride Fa- 
hricius. ) 
Body elongate, naked (see G. stigma). Vertical fins without spines; 
ventral fins none. Small conical teeth on the jaws, vomer and pala- 
tines. Gill-openings very narrow. Xo air-bladder; pyloric c<eca none ; 
no anal papilla. Size small. Arctic seas. naked; eel.) 
1214. G. V'iridis (Fahr.) Reinh. 
Brownish, sometimes uniform, but generally with dark roundish 
transverse markings; 1 to 4 round black spots on anterior part of 
dorsal fin ; anal sometimes black-edged ; lower part of head with 
sharply-defined whitish markings. Snout snbconical, longer than the 
eye; jaws equal; mouth oblique; maxillary reaching beyond eye; teeth 
rather small, conical, in a single series on each side, forming a patch 
anteriorly; distance from snout to vent 2^ times length of head. Pec- 
toral rounded, inserted low, its length less than half that of head. 
Dorsal commencing over posterior third of pectorals. Head about G.l ; 
depth about 13. Eye 7 in head. D. 100; A. 80. Arctic seas, Alaska 
to Nova Scotia; abundant. 
{Ophidium I'iride Fabr. Faun. Granl. 141, 1780; Giintber, iv, 323; Collett, 1. c. 123: 
Gijmnelis pictus Gunther, iv, 324, 1862.) 
1215. G. ? stig;ilia (Bennett.) Gthr. 
Scales present, very small; no trace of ventrals. Dilute brown, with 
irregular transverse series of brown spots, besides obscure cross-bands 
(“void swathes”); a large, round, purplish spot near the origin of the 
dorsal. Vertical fins united into a transparent ridge; pectoral rather 
large. Snout obtuse; chin with a large gibbosity ; teeth small. Depth 
about 8 . L. 5 inches. Kotzebue Sound. {Lag.) Probably the type of 
a distinct genus. 
(Ophidium stigma Lay & Bennett, Zo61. Beecbey’s Voy. 67; Giintber, iv, 325.) 
430. — URONECTES Giintber. 
(Giintber, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Mus. iv, 325, 1832: type Ophidium parrii Ross.) 
Body ensiform, compressed; tail long and tapering; ventrals none; 
vent not far distant from the head; numerous minute teeth in jaws and 
on palate; lower jaw the longer; no barbel; scales and gill-openings 
unknown, {dupd., tail; > 15 x 77 ;?, swimmer.) 
1210. E. parrai (Ross) Gtbr. 
Color uniform. Head very obtuse, its length, depth, and breadth 
eipial; head broader than the body, flattened and grooved between the 
