ADDENDA 118. OPHIDIIDyE — GENYPTERUS. 963 



Page 793. Alter Ophidiuin Iwlhroold (wLicli will probably be louiui to 

 be identical with 0. Joseph i) add: 

 1221 (h). O. g-rai^llsi Pooy. 



Pale olive (tins without dark edging?). Uead small, not very blunt; 

 snout 4§ in head ; eye 3J ; mouth oblique, the maxillary 2 in head, reach- 

 ing to i)osterior border of pupil ; teeth small, in narrow bands, few on 

 vomer aiul palatines; head naked; snout without spine; gill-rakers 

 rather long and strong, 4 below angle of arch; opercle without spine; 

 occiput nearly midway between origin of dorsal and front of eye. Air- 

 bladder long and slender, tapering backwards. Head 4|; depth 7. 

 Cuba to West Florida. 



(fPoey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 455, 1860; Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus. 1882, 301.) 

 Page 794. After Ophidium profundoruni add : 



433 (/>).— OEl\YPTERUS Philippi. 



(Philippi, Wiegmanu's Archiv. 1857, 268: type Gcnyptcrus nigricans Philippi = Conj^cr 

 chUcnsia Guicheuot. ) 



As here understood, this genus differs from Ophidium chiefly in the 

 presence of a sharp spine on the opeicle; most of the species have some 

 of the i)alatine teeth enlarged, (r^^^?) chin; rre/jov, fin.) 



a. Palatine teeth small. 



1223 (h). G. oenostisfma J. & G. 



Light olive, mottled with darker; fins with broad black edging; a 

 large round, intensely black spot at the shoulder, rather larger than 

 pupil; upi)er half of eye black. Body rather short, tapering rapidly 

 backward from the occiput; snout blunt; mouth horizontal; lower jaw 

 included; maxillary not quite reaching posterior border of orbit, 1^ in 

 head; teeth in Jaws in broad bands; teeth on vomer and i>alatines quite 

 small; eye much longer than snout, 3 in head; opercle en<ling in a 

 strong spine ; gill-rakers very small, 4 below angle of arch. Ventrals 

 half length of head; scales miinite, imbedded, irregidarly arranged; no 

 evident pseudobranchia'. Air-bladder short, thick, with a large i)os- 

 terior foramen." Head 4^^; depth C. L. 3i inches. Deep water olfPen- 

 sacola, Florida. 



(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 301.) 



Page 79G. For HaliaH Ayres read Brosmophycis Gill. The former 

 name is said to be preoccupied. 



