298 FISHES 



Family MUR.15NES0CID.E. 



Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan and Bollman. 



Collected at Green Turtle Cay in 1888, by Charles L. Edwards. Described 

 in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, 1888, p. 5-19. 



Family OPHICHTHYID.E (Snake Eels). 



Sphagebraxchus aa^guiformis (Peters). 



Collected by Glover M. Allen and Thomas P)arbour off Abaco, 1904, and 

 referred to in their " ISTarrative of a trip to the Bahamas," Cambridge, Mass.. 

 Dec, 1904; privately printed. 



Yerma kendalli Gilbert. 



A single species belonging to the family Ophich thy idee (snake eels), here- 

 tofore known only on the coast of Florida, was obtained by the Expedition at 

 Green Cay, June 30, 1903. 



Family MUR.T.NID.E (Morays). 

 Lycodontis morixga Cuvier (Common Spotted Moray). 



This distinctly marked eel reaches a length of 3 feet. It has been found 

 in the West Indies and about Florida, ranging as far southward as Eio Janeiro 

 and St. Helena. In the middle of July, 1903, a specimen was taken by the 

 Expedition at Nassau. 



Lycodontis funebris Ranzani (Black Moray). 



This eel is the largest of our American species, reaching a length of 6 

 feet or more and being noted for its extreme ferocity. It is common on both 

 of our coasts, from Florida Keys to Eio Janeiro and Gulf of California to 

 Panama. A specimen was obtained by the steamer Albatross at Nassau during 

 March, 1886. 



EcHiDXA catenata Bloch. 



A form of the most highly specialized morays ; small in size but generally 

 common in the West Indies and from Bermuda to Surinam. Collected by the 

 steamer Albatross at Abaco in March, 1886. 



