115. LYCODID.E URONECTES. 789 



420.— GYITI^ELIS Rcinliarat. 



(Reiuhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhaudl. vii, 131, 1838: type Ophidium rhicle Fa- 

 bricius.) 



Body elongate, iiaked (see G. stujma). Vertical fins without spines; 

 ventral fins none. Small conical teeth on the Jaws, vomer and pala- 

 tines. Gill-openings very narrow. No air-bladder; pyloric coeca none; 

 no anal papilla. Size small. Arctic seas, (/'u/xvo?, naked; Ev/e/^.o?, eel.) 



1214. G. viridis (Fabr.) 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 subconical, 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 6^; 

 depth about 13. Eye 7 in head. D. 100; A. SO. Arctic seas, Alaska 

 to Nova Scotia; abundant. 



{OphUUum viride Fabr. Faun. Groenl. 141, 1780; Guntlier, iv, 323; Collett, 1. c. 123: 

 (i ymnelis pictus Gxinther, iv, 324, 1862.) 



1215. G. ? stig^ma (Benuett.) Gtlir. 



Scales jnesent, 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 

 doi'sal. Vertical fins united into a transparent ri<lge; i)ectoral rather 

 large. Snout obtuse; chin with a large gibbosity; teeth small. Depth 

 about 8. L. 5 inches. Kotzebue Sound. (Lay.) Probably the type of 

 a distinct genus. 



(Ophidium atiyma Lay &. Bennett, Zool. Beechey's Voy. 67; Giinther, iv, 325.) 



430.— UROI\ECTES Giinther. 

 (Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Miis. iv, 325, 18 52: 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, {oupd^ tail; vr^/-r^^, swiiiinu'r.) 



12 J«. ir. parraa (Ross) Gthr. 



Color uniform. Head very obtuse, its length, dei>th, and Invadth 

 equal; head broader than the body, flattened and grooved between the 



