CHECK LIST OF FISHES 



485 



3938. Lepophidium pardale (Gilbert). 



Lower California. 



Leptophidium pardale Gilbert, Proc. U. 

 off Lower California. 



3939. Lepophidium microlepis (Gilbert). 



Off Lower California. 

 Leptophidium microlepis Gilbert, Proc. 

 109, off Lower California. 



S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 108, 



U. S. Nat. Mus.. XIII, 1890, 



3940. Lepophidium stigmatistium (Gilbert). 



Coast of Lower California. 



Leptophidium stigmatistium Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 

 109, off Lower California at Albatross station 2996 in 112 fathom.s. 



Genus 1411. OPHIDION Linnaeus. Cusk eels. 



Ophidian Linnisus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 259 {Ophidion barbatum 



Linnajus). 

 Ophidium of most authors; revised spelling. 



3941. Ophidion graellsi Poey. 



Cuba. 



Ophidion graellsi Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 425, Habana. 



3942. Ophidion beani Jordan and Gilbert. 



Gulf of Mexico; Snapper Banks off Pensacola, Fla. 

 Ophidion beani Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 143, 

 Snapper Banks off Pensacola. 



3943. Ophidion holbrooki (Putnam). 



Key West, Fla.; Gulf of Mexico. 



Ophidium holbrooki Putnam, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVI 1874 

 342, Key West, Fla. 



Genus 1412. RISSOIA Jordan and Evermann. 



liissola Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 483 (Ophidium mar- 

 ginatum DeKay). 



3944. Rissola marginata (DcKay). Sand eel; Slippery dick. 



S(jutli .Vtlantic coast of United States from New York south to Pensa- 

 cola. 



Ophidium marginatum DeKay, New York Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 315, 



New York Harbor. 

 lOphidium josephi Girard, U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., Zool., 1859 

 29, Saint Joseph Island, Tex. 



Genus 1413. OTOPHIDIUM Gill. 



Otophidium Gill, in Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Amer., 1885, 914 (Genypterus 



omostigma Jordan and Gilbert). 

 Chilaria Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 482 (Ophidium taylori 



Girard). 



3945. Otophidium taylori (Girard). 



Coast of Califcjrnia, from Monterey to San Diego. 



OphiUium taylori Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., X, Pt. 4, Fishes, 1858, 138, 

 Monterey, Cahf. 



3946. Otophidium omostigma (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Gulf of Mexico, Pen.sacola siia[)per banks. 



Genypterus omostigma Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 

 1882, 301, Pen.sacola snapper banks. 



3947. Otophidium scrippsi Hublw. 



Long Heach to Cedros Island, Calif. 



Otophidium scripp.si Hubbs, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., XVI, 1916, 166, 

 pi. 20, Cedros Island, off coast of Lower California. 



3948. Otophidium galeoides (Gilbert). 



(-'oast of Lower California. 



Otophidion galeoide.i Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 110, 

 off Lower California. 



