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Genus 213. SERRIVOMER Gill and Ryder. 



Serrivo77ier Gill and Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 260 (S. 

 beanii Gill and Ryder). 



563. Serrivomer beanii Gill and Ryder. 



Gulf Stream; also taken in the Gulf of California. 



Serrivomer beanii Gill and Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 261, 

 Gulf Stream, lat. 41° 40' 30", long. 65° 28' 30" in 855 fathoms. 



564. Serrivomer sector Garman. 



Gulf of California to Panama in deep water. 



Serrivomer sector Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 320, 



PI. LXIII, numerous stations of the Albatross and off Guaymas, 50 



miles south, surface to 700 fathoms. 



Genus 214. SPINIVOMER Gill and Ryder. 



Spinivomer Gill and Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 261 {S. 

 goodei Gill and Ryder). 



665. Spinivomer goodei Gill and Ryder. 

 Gulf Stream. 



Spinivomer goodei Gill and Rvder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 261, 

 Gulf Stream, at lat. 38° 19' 26", long. 68° 20' 20" in 2,361 fathoms. 



Genus 215. lABICHTHYS Gill and Ryder. 



Labichthys Gill and Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 261 (L. 

 carinatus Gill and Ryder). 



566. Labichthys carinatus Gill and Ryder. 



Gulf Stream. 



Labichthys carinatus Gill and Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 

 253, 255, 261, Gulf Stream, 41° 13' N., 65° 33' W. 



567. Labichthys bowersi Garman. 



OfT Panama in deep water. 



Labichthys bowersi Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXIV, 1899, 



823, PI. XIV, fig. 1, Albatross stations 3414, 3388, and 3361, in 1,168 



to 2,232 fathoms. 



Family 77. OPHICHTHYID.ffi. Snake eels 



Genus 216. SPHAGEBRANCHUS Bloch. 



Sphagebranchus Bloch, Ichthvologia, IX, 1795, 88, pi. 419 (S. rostratus 



Bloch). 

 Coecilia Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1800, 135 (C. brandieriana 



Lac6p6de = Mwrasna cceca Linnaeus); not Csecilia L. a genus of Ba- 



trachia. 

 Apterichthys Dumdril, Zool. Anal., 112, 1806, 331 {Mursena cceca 



Linnaeus). 

 Branderius Rafinesque, Anal. Nat., 1815, 93; substitute for Csecilia 



Lac6pede. 

 Ichthyapus Brisout de Barneville, Revue Zool., 1847, 219 (/. acuti- 



rostris) . 

 Ophisuraphis Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 29 (0. gracilis Kaup). 



568. Sphagebranchus anguiformis (Peters). 



Open Atlantic, near the West Indies. 



Ophichthys {Sphagebranchus) anguiformis Peters, Monatsber. Akad. 

 Wiss. Berlin, 1876, 849, Atlantic Ocean, 15° 40' N., 23° 5' W. 



569. Sphagebranchus selachops (Jordan and Gilbert). 

 • Rocks about Cape San Lucas. 



Apterichthys selachops Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 

 1882, 356, Cape San Lucas. 



570. Sphagebranchus ophioneus Evermann and Marsh. 



Porto Rico. 



Sphagebranchus ophioneus Evermann and Marsh, Fish. Porto Rico, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish Com., XX, 1900, 73, fig. 7, off Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 



Genus 217. VERMA Jordan and Evermann. 



Vervia Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 1896, 

 374 {Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert). 



