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176.— MYRICHTHYS Girard. (171) 



628. Myrichthys tigrinus Giranl. (J. (."JH")) 



177.— MYROPHIS Liitken. (171 b.) 



629. Myrophislumbricus Jordan & Gilbert. S. (585 &.) 



630. Myrophis punctatus' Liitkeu. W. (585 c.) 



631. Myrophis vafer" Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



632. Myrophis egmontis^ Jordan. W. 



178.— NEOCONGER Girard. (172) 



633. Neoconger mucronatus Girard. W. (.586) 



179.— NETTASTOMA^ Eafinesque. 



634. Nettastoma procerum Goode & Bean. B. 



u darker edge ; pectorals blackish. Gill openings wide, the isthmus rather narrow ; 

 head 3i in trunk. Cleft of mouth very wide, nearly half length of head. Teeth 

 sharply pointed, with a few large lixed canines in both jaws, and one or two larger 

 ones in front of upper jaw; about 4 moderate canines near front of lower jaw; teeth 

 in both jaws in double series, those of the inner series in the upper jaw depressible. 

 Vomer with a double series conliuent behind. Eye small, 1^ in snout, which is about 

 C^i in head. Pectoral about 5 in head. Dorsal commencing a little behind end of 

 ]>ectoral. Tail rather longer than rest of body. West Indies, north to Egmout Key, 

 Florida. 



{Ophiaurua intertinciua Richardson, Ereb. &, Terr. Fish., 102; Echiopaia Intertinctua 

 Kanp, Apodes, 13, 1858; Giiuther, VIII. 57; Ophichihya intertinciua Jordan, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 43.) 



' Myrophia jiuuctatua L.nX'ken^iMyrophia microstiymiua Poey. To the synonymy, add — 



(Liitken, Vid. Med. Naturh. Foreu. Kjobenh., 1851, 1; Myrophia lonyicollia Kaup, 

 Apodes, 30, 1858 ; Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 282; not of Giiuther, VIII, 

 51,= J/, vafer Jor. & Gilb.) 



■Myrophia vafer Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1862, 645. Guaymas to 

 Panama. 



'Myrophia egmontia Jordan. 



Dark brown, apparently uniform, somewhat i)aler below ; head small, slender, mod- 

 erately pointed ; anterior nostril in a short tube ; posterior, large, labial directly be- 

 hind it ; cleft of mouth rather short, extending to beyond the rather large eye, which 

 is more than half the length of the snout ; cleft of m«uth, 3^ in head ; teeth on both 

 jaws subequal, pointed, slightly compressed, arranged in single series, those of both 

 jaws directed somewhat backward ; the lower teeth larger and more oblique than the 

 upper ; about four small fixed canines in front of upper jaw ; no teeth on vomer in two 

 specimens examined ; tongue not free ; lower jaw considerably shorter than upper, its 

 edge considerably curved, concave in outline. Nape somewhat elevated ; top of head 

 with largo pores. Head 5^ in distance from snout to vent ; head and trunk a little 

 shorter than tail ; body slender, its greatest depth a little more than length of gape. 

 Pectoral short and broad, slightly longer than snout ; the gill oiieuing short, oblique, 

 extending downward and backward from near the middle of the base of the pectoral. 

 Dorsal fin beginning behind vent, at a distance about e<|ual to length of gape ; the 

 fin vi-ry low in front, becoming gradually higher towards the tij) of tail; anal low, 

 but well developed, considerably higher ^han dorsal, highest anteriorly, uniting with 

 the dorsal around the tail. Length, 15 inches. Egmont Key, Florida. 



(Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 44.) 



■■Nkttastoma Eafinesqne. 

 (Hyoprorua Kolliker ; larva.) 

 (Rafinesque, Caratteri di AlcuniNuovi Generi, &c., 1810, 66 ; type Nettaaioma mela- 

 vura Raf. ) 

 Scaleless. Tail tapering into a point. Snout much produced, depressed; jaws and 



