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slender, and pointed, the uarrow upper jaw much projectingj eye much 

 nearer angle of mouth than tip of snout, its length 2 in snout. Teeth 

 rather strong, slender, sharp, apx)arently uniserial, the series on vomer 

 largest. Gajje short, 4 in head; nasal tubes very short. Pectorals 

 minute, rounded, scarcely larger than eye. Dorsal beginning nearer 

 gill-opening than vent, at a distance behind gill-opening equal to length 

 of head. Head 10| in total; head with trunk If in tail; head 4 in 

 trunk. Height of body 30 in length. Galveston, Texas. 



(Jordau & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 261 :*n Myrojjlm punciaius Liitkeii, 

 1. c. : '^A Myrophh loinfkoUis Kanp, Apotles, '.iO.) 



585 (o). M. iiiici'ostig:iniii!s> Poey. 



Distinguished from M. lumhricus chiefly by the more posterior inser- 

 tion of the dorsal, which begins at a point midway between gill-open- 

 ing and vent. {Poey.) Cuba to Southern Florida. 



(Poey, Repert. Fis. Nat. ii, 250; Giinllier, viii, .')!.) 



Page 300. In J^eoconger mtwronalm the anal fin is well developed for 

 its entire length; not "rudimentary," as stated by Girard. 



Page 363. After Conger niger add : 

 588 (&). C. caudiciila Bean MSS. 



Olivaceous. Head a little more than 1^ times in trunk, 6 times in 

 total length ; tail short, its length exceeding that of rest of animal by 

 length of head without snout. Eye equal to snout, 4i in head; lips 

 moderate; anterior nostril tubular; lower jaw included; cleft of mouth 

 reaching hinder margin of pupil; patch of vomerine teeth ^ length of 

 eye; 38 close-set teeth in outer series of upper jaw; behind them con- 

 ical teeth directed partly forward; teeth in both jaws biserial. Dorsal 

 beginning over i)osterior part of pectoral ; pectoral a little more than 

 ^ head. Pensacola, Florida, in deej) water. {Bean.) 



(Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 



Page 370. After Notacanthus ehemnitzi add : 

 595 {h). IV. plia$^g:aiiortis Goode. 



Body much compressed, its greatest width about one-third its height. 

 Head everywhere covered with very small scales, its bones very flexible 

 but protected by leathery skin. Interorbital width more than length 

 of snout, 4 in head, twice diameter of eye. Mandible twice length of 

 eyeij maxillary considerably greater. Teeth of upper jaw slender, blunt, 

 close-set, like comb-teeth, 32 on each side; teeth of lower jaw shorter, 

 slenderer, in two rows; palatines with villiform teeth in about two se- 



