REVIEW OF OPHIDIOID FISH GENUS OLIGOPUS — COHEN 17 



4-8 with epipleurals attached to pleural ribs; on centra 9-13 or 14, 

 epipleurals associated with parapophyses or haemal spines. 



Color: Body light brown; vertical fins dark, particularly on their 

 vertical margins. 



Distribution. — Bermuda, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and 

 Curagao. 



Comments. — The holotype of 0. claudei is in such poor condition 

 that accurate measurements are nnpossible, and observations on the 

 lateralis system are subject to question. It does seem certain, how- 

 ever, that, with the material at hand, there is no way of maintaining 

 Grammonus mowhrayi Grey as a valid species. 



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