60 MUR.liNIDJi. 



anterior nostril not elongate. Teeth pointed, fixed, biserial in all 

 the bones. The length of the pectoral fin is one-third of that of the 

 head, the dorsal fin commencing above the posterior third of the 

 pectoral. Tail twice as long as the body. (Kaup.) 

 Brazil ; St. Croix. 



10. OpMchthys gomesii. 

 Ophisurus gomesii, Castcln. Anim. Amer. Sud, Poiss. p. 84, pi. 44. 



Leptorhinophis gomesii, Katip, Apod. p. 14. 



Coloration uniform ; vertical fins with a Black edge. The length 

 of the head is one-third of the distance of the gill-opening from the 

 vent. Cleft of the mouth of moderate width, extending behind the 

 eye. Teeth pointed, biserial in all the bones. The length of the pecto- 

 ral fin is rather more than one-third of that of the head. Dorsal Jin 

 cowmencimj above the end of the pectoral. Tail not quite twice as 

 long as the body. 



Rio Janeiro. 



Ophisurus chrysops, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 320, and Repert. Fis.- 

 nat. Cub. ii. p. 255, from Cuba, may prove to be identical with this 

 species. 



11. Ophichthys pauciponis. 



Poey, Repert. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. p. 255, lam. 3. fig. 5 (head). 



Coloration uniform ; vertical fins with a- black edge. The length 

 of the head is contained thrice and one-third in the distance of the 

 gill- opening from the vent. Cleft of the mouth less than one-third 

 of the length of the head. Eye of moderate size, one-half of the 

 length of the snout. Teeth in the jaws biserial. Pectoral fin well 

 developed ; dorsal fin commencing at a considerable distance behind 

 the extremity of the pectoral. Body two-thirds of the length of the 

 tail. (Poey.) 



Cuba. 



12. Ophichthys puncticeps. 



Cryptopterus puncticeps, Kaup, Aale d. Hamburg. Mus. p. 11, taf. 1. 

 fig. 2. 



The dorsal and anal fins disappear for some distance before their 

 termination near the eyid of the tail. Coloration uniform. All the 

 teeth small ; those of the maxillary biserial, of the vomer uniserial ; 

 mandible with one series of teeth, and with a few others in front 

 forming a second series. Eye of moderate size ; cleft of the mouth 

 of moderate width. Pectoral fin well developed ; dorsal commencing 

 at a short distance behind the end of the pectoral. Length of the 

 body rather more than two -thirds of that of the tail. {Kaup.) 



Puerto Cabello. 



13. Ophichthys hyala. 



Ophisurus hyala, Ham. Buck. Fish. Ganr/. pp. 20, GO-'], tab. 6. fig. 5 ; 

 M'Ctell. Vale. Jvurn. Nat. Hist. v. p. 211 ; Richards. Voy. Ercb. Sc 



