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Genus 228. SCYTALICHTHYS Jordan and Davis. 



Scytalichthys Jordan and Davis, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., XVI, 1888, 

 635 (Ophichthys miurus Jordan and Gilbert). 



604. Scytalichthys miurus (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Cape San Lucas, Lower California. 



Ophichthys miurus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., V, 1882, 

 357, Cape San Lucas. 



Genus 229. BRACHYSOMOPHIS Kaup. 



Br achy somo phis Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 9 {B. horridus Kaup). 

 lAchrophichthys Bleeker, Poisson Ined. Murenes, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., 

 II, 242, 1865, (A. typus), young. 



605. Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett). 



East Indies; a specimen recorded by Giinther from the Galapagos. 

 Opkisurus crocodilinus Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833, 32, 



Mauritius. 

 Brachysomophis horridus Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 9, fig. 6, Otaheite 



[Tahiti]. 

 lAchir ophichthys typus Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dicrk., II, 1865, 



242, Celebes. 



Family 78. ACANTHENCHELYID^ 



Genus 230. ACANTHENCHELYS Regan. 



Acanthenchelys Regan, .\nn. Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 1922, 296 {A. spini- 

 rauda Reganj . 



606. Acanthenchelys spinicauda Regan. 



West Indies. 



Acanthenchelys spinicauda Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 1922, 296, 

 Island of Tobago. 



Family 79. MORINGUID.E 



Genus 231. MORINGUA Gray. 



Moringua Gray, Zool. Misc., 1831, 9 [M. lateralis Gray). 



Ralaboura Gray, Iliu.st. Ind. Zool., 1831, 95 {Mursena ratibouri Ham- 

 ilton— /?a/aibouri hardwickei Gray). 



Pachyurus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish, Reptiles and Amphib., II, 1839, 

 335 {Moringua linearis Gray; not of Agassiz, 1829). 



Pseudomoringua Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., II, 1865, 114 {Mo- 

 ringua lumbricoides Richardson). 



607. Moringua bcekei Metzelaar. 



Caribbean Sea. 



Moringua boekei Metzelaar, Trop. Atl. Visschen, 1919, 17, Curasao. 



Genus 232. APHTHALMICHTHYS Kaup. 



A})thalmirhthys Kii\i\). Apcjdal Fishes, 1856, 68 {A. javanicus Kaup). 



608. Aphthalmichthys caribbeus (iill and Smith. 



Porto Rico. 



Aphthalmichthys caribbeus Gill and Smith, Science. XI, No. 286, 1900, 

 974, San Geronimo, near San Juan, Porto Rico. 



Genus 233. STILBISCUS Jordan and Bollman. 



Stilhiscus Jordan and Hollinan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, 1888, 549 

 (S. ediiardxi Jordan and Bollman). 



609. Stilhiscus edwardsi Jordan and Bollman. 



Green Turtle Cay, one of the Bahamas. 



Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan and Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, 

 1888, 549, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. 



Genus 234. GORDIICHTHYS Jordan and Davis. 



Gordiichthys Jordan and Davis, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., XVI, 1888, 644 

 {G. irretitus Jordan and Davis). 



610. Oordiichthys irretitus Jordan and Davis. 



Snapper Banks off west Florida in rather deep water. 

 Gordiichthys irretitus Jordan and Davis, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., XVI, 

 1888, 644, off Pensacola, Fla. 



