21. OPHICHTHYS. 61 



Terr. Fish. p. 102 ; Blevk. Verh. Bat. Oen. Mnrceti. xxv. Beutj. ^ 



Hind. p. 158. 

 Ophisurus rostratus, M'Clell. I. c. pp. 184, 211. 

 minimus, M'Clell. I. c. pp. 185, 212, tab. 10. fig. 3; Bleek. I. c. 



3ftireen. p. 25. 

 Ophiurus hyala. Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 325. 



Coloration uniform. The length of the head is two-sevenths of 

 the distance of the gill-opening from the vent. Cleft of the mouth 

 of moderate width, slightly extending behind the orbit, one-fourth 

 of the length of the head. Snout pointed ; e5'e small. Teeth 

 pointed, fixed ; intermaxillary teeth stoutest, and, like the other 

 teeth, biserial, except the posterior mandibulary teeth, which stand 

 in a single series. Length of the pectoral one-fourth of that of the 

 head ; dorsal commencing at a short distance behind the extremity 

 of the pectoral. Length of the body two-thirds of that of the tail, 



Bengal. 



a. Fourteen and a half inches long, 



b. Numerous young specimens. Prom the Collection of the East- 



India Company, 



14, Ophichthys pallens. 



Ophisiu-us harancha, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 313 (not H. B.). 



pallens, Richards, Voy. Ereb. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 101. 



l*isoodonophis pallens, Kaup, Apod. p. 17. 



Scarcely distinct from 0. hyala. 



Coloration uniform. The length of the head is nearly one-fourth 

 of the distance of the gill-opening from the vent. Cleft of the 

 mouth of moderate width, slightly extending behind the orbit, two- 

 ninths of the length of the head. Snout pointed ; eye rather small. 

 Teeth pointed, fixed, biserial, except the vomerine teeth, which stand 

 in a triple series ; intermaxillary teeth stoutest. Length of the 

 pectoral two-sevenths of that of the head ; dorsal commencing at a 

 short distance behind the extremity of the pectoral. Length of 

 body two-thirds of that of the tail, 



China. 



a. Type of the species, 12 inches long. Presented by J. R. Reeves, 

 Esq. 



15. Ophichthys broekmeyeri. 



Ophisurus broekmeyeri, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. Manado, 



p. 7L 



celebicus, Bleek. I. c. p. 70. 



Ophichthys amboinensis, Bleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. ii. p. 45; or 



Atl. Ichthyol. Miircen. p. 54, tab. 45. fig. 1. ^. 



broekmeyeri, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. Murcen. p. 53, tab. 15. fig. 1. 



celebicus, Bleek. I. c. p. 54, tab. 15. fig. 3. 



Coloration aniform. The length of the head is contained twice 

 and one-third or twice and three-fourths in the distance of the giU- 

 opening from the vent. Cleft of the mouth of moderate width, 

 slightly extending behind the orbit, two-sevenths of the length of 



