ADDENDA 103 (b). OPISTHOGNATHID.E OPlSTHOGNATIIUf:;. 943 



veiitials dusky, the dorsal with ;i dnsky blotch in front. Body nioder- 

 jitely ('oin])ressed; head not very large; maxillary truncate behind, ex- 

 tending- behind eye for a distance about jj diameter of eye, its length If^ 

 in head; eye -§ in head. Teeth conical, curved, well separated, mostly 

 in a single series. No teeth on vomov. Fins moderate; dorsal con- 

 tinuous, its spines slender; caudal short, its length § liead. Head .'Jl; 

 depth 4J. D. VlII, 17; A. II, 13; Lat. 1. 65. Cuba, north to Garden 

 Key, Florida. 



(OpistliofiiiatlniH )iuu-iUo.sii.<i Popy, Mom. Cuba, ii, 28(5, 1 800; Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub. 400.) 



33§ (c).— OPISTHOGI^ATHUS Cuvier. 



(Cnvier, Regne Anim. ed. 2, 1829: type Opisihognathus sonneratii Cuv. ) 



Maxillary ])rolonged backward in a long, flexible lamina, which some- 

 times reaches base of pectoral. Characters of the genus otherwise in- 

 cluded above. (o7rt(7^>j, behind; y^dfloe;, jnw.) 



977 (c). O. scaphiiii'iis Goode & Bean. 



Grayish olive, much variegated with whitish and dark olive ; about 

 G irregular dusky bands on the body, which extend on the dorsal fin; 

 whitish markings on body forming roundish spots, surrounded by 

 reticulations of grayish olive; head marbled, its posterior part, as 

 well as the sides of the back and pectoral base, with small blackish 

 dots; membrane lining the inside of the maxillary with 2 curved inky- 

 black bands on a white ground; angle of mouth with a black spot; 

 lining of opeicle black; tins all variegated like the body. Body mod- 

 erately elongate, somewhat compressed. Head blunt anteriorly ; snout 

 very short, about as long as pupil; eye large, 4 in head; maxillary 

 reaching slightly past edge of preopercle, but not to end of head, its 

 length contained IV^ times in length of body. Teeth rather strong, wide- 

 set, forming 2 distinct series, directed backward, especially in the upper 

 jaw; lateral teeth of lower Jaw largest; a single vomerine tooth. Gill- 

 rakers long and slender, nearly 20 below angle. Scales very small. 

 Dorsal fin low, continuous, the soft rays but little higher than the 

 spines, which are slender and flexible, the longest 3;\ in head. Caudal 

 short, rounded, its length 5f in body. Anal similar to soft doisal. 

 Pectoral half as long as head. Depth 5. D. XI, IG; A. 18; I*. 17; 

 Lat. 1. 1()!>. Florida Keys. 



(Gorxle & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 417.) 



.977 (^0- O. Boaacliurus J. A G. 



Olivaceou.s; margin of upi>er lip with a narrow black stripe; caudal 

 with .3 dusky bais ; color of rest of body nearly uniform . Head not very 



