53. ANGUILLIDCE OPniCHTHYS. 359 



Brownisli, with numerous small roundisli black spots. {Gilnther.) 

 West Indies, north to West Florida. 



{Crolalopsis punctifcr Kauii, Abliaadl. Natnrwiss. Vorciu naml»urg, iv, 2, 1860: 

 Macrodonoplm mnrdax Poey, Rept. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 252, 1868: Crotaloims mordajc 

 Gooile &■ Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 154; Giintlier, viii, 5^) 



**No distinct cauino teotli; suout moderate. (Munvnopsis* Lo Sueur.) 

 t Teeth in the lower jaw in a double series; cleft of mouth wide. 



583. O. triserialis (Kaup) Gilnther. 



Body with larger and smaller roundish black spots, alternating; 

 head with many small black spots above and below; belly jjlaiu; head 

 and body with longitudinal stre.iks. Gill-openings curved, well sepa- 

 rated, a little longer than pectorals. Head with longitudinal wrinkles, 

 its length two-fifths the distance from the gill-opening to the vent. 

 Mouth wide, its cleft more than one-third the head. Eye moderate. If 

 in snout. Teeth pointed, fixed, all biserial, except those on vomer, 

 which are uuiserial. Pectoral fin 3^ in head, the dorsal beginning 

 above its terminal i)ortion. Tail rather longer than body. Southern 

 California to Brazil. (Described from Garrett's type of 0. californiensis.) 



{Murcvnopsis iriscriaUs Kaup, Apodos, 1856, 12; Gilnther, viii, 58: Opliisarua californi- 

 ensifi Garrett, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. iii, 65.) 



It Tcetli ill lower jaw iu one series. (Herpetoichthys Kaup.) 



584. O. oceSJatais (Le S.) Gunthcr. 



A series of round white spots along the middle of the side of the 

 body and tail; dorsal fin with a black edge; some white dots on the 

 back bc^hind the head and a white line across the occiput. Length 

 of the Lead rather less than one-third of the distance of the gill- 

 opening from the vent. Snout pointed, the upper jaw projecting be- 

 yond the lower. Cleft of the mouth wide, two-fifths the length of the 

 head. Eye of moderate size, two-thirds of the length of the snout, and 

 situated in the anterior third of the head. Teeth pointed, fixed, un- 

 equal in size; the intermaxillary teeth largest, arranged in a curved, 

 transverse series; maxillary teeth in a double, vomerine and mandibu- 

 lary teeth in a single series ; only the anterior mandibulary teeth form 

 a short, double series. Length of the pectoral fin rather more than 

 one-third that of the head; dorsal fin commencing opposite tlie poste- 

 rior third of the pectoral. Tail longer than the body. [Guniher.) 

 West Indies, north to West Florida. 



(Miu-wnopsis ocdlatuH Lo Su(!ur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v, 108; Gilnther, viii, 

 68: Jlcrprtoichtliijs occUatus Goodo &, liean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua. 1871), 155.) 



* Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v, 108: type Murosnopsis ocellata Le S. 

 {/.ivpaiva, Murcena; orpi?, appearance.) 



