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571. Verma kendalli (Gilbert). 



Coast of Florida, in rather deep water. 



Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., IX, 1889 (1891), 

 310, off west coast of Florida, 25° 34' N., 82° 50' W., in 25 fathoms. 



Genus 218. CRYPTOPTERENCHELYS Fowler. 



Cryptopterus Kaup, Aalen. Fische Hamburg Mus., II, 1860 (C. punctaceps 



Kaup) ; name preoccupied. 

 Cryptopterenchelys Fowler, Amer. Mus. Novitates, CLXII, March 31, 



1925 {Cryptopterus punciiceps Kaup); substitute for Cryptopterus 



Kaup, preoccupied. 



572. Cryptopterenchelys puncticeps (Kaup). 



Caribbean Sea. 



Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, Aalen. Fische Hamburg Mus., II, 1860, 

 pi. 1, fig. 2, Puerto Cabello. 



573. Cryptopterenchelys frontalis (Garman). 



Off Panama. 



Ophichthys (Cryptopterus) frontalis Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, 

 XXIV, 1899, 309, Albatross stations 3386, 3389, 3391. 



Genus 219. MYRICHTHYS Girard. 



Pisodonophis Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 15 (in part; not type, as 



restricted bv Bleeker, which is P. cancrivorus). 

 Myrichthys Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XI, 1859, 58 (M. 



tigrinus Girard). 

 Ophisurus Swainson, Bleeker, etc. (not of Lac(?p6de, nor of Risso, nor 



Kaup, who restrict the name to 0. serpens). 



674. Myrichthys tigrinus Girard. 



Pacific coast of Mcx;co; rather common about Mazatlan, and occa- 

 sionally ranging northward. 



Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, Proc. .\cad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XI, 1859, 58, 

 Adair Bay, Oregon; doubtle.>^s a:i error. 



Ophisurus xysturus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 

 346, Mazatlan. 



575. Myrichthys xysturus (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of Mexico; common among the rocks about Mazatlan. 

 Ophichthys xysturus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 

 1881, 346, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



576. Myrichthys oculatus (Kaup). 



Tropical Atlantic; Cuba to Surinam and Cape Verde Islands. 

 Pisoodonophis oculatus Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 22, Curasao. 

 Ophisurus latimaculatus Poey, Repertorio, II, 1867, 252, pi. 3, fig. 1, 

 Cuba. 



577. Myrichthys acuminatus (Gronow). 



West Indies, occasionally northward to Florida Keys. 



Murxna acuminata Gronow, Fish. Brit. Mus., 1854, 21, Insula Div., 

 Eustachii. 



Pisodonophis guttulatus Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 21, fig. 10, Mar- 

 tinique. 



Ophisurus longus Poey, Repertorio, II, 1867, 254, Cuba. 



Ophichthys pisavarius Poey, Anal. Soc. Espanola Hist. Nat., 1875, 196, 

 Cuba. 



578. Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan and McGregor. 



Re%illagigedo Islands. 



Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan and McGregor, Rept. U. S. Fish Cora., 

 XXIV, ISOH flS09), 274, pi. 4, Clarion Island. 



Genus 220. lETHARCHUS Goode and Bean. 



Letharchus Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 436 (L. 

 vrlifer Goode and Bean). 



579. Letharchus paciflcus Osburn and Nichols. 



Ciulf of California. 



Letharchus pacificus OsVjurn and Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hi.st., 

 XXXV, 1916, 146, fig. 3, Cape San Lucas. 



