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&enus 172. NEMICHTHYS Richardson. 

 Nemichtliii>i KichardsoD, Voy. Sani.ar.Tng, 16, 1848 (ficoJopareuH'). 



620. Nemichthys .scolopaceus Ricliardson. Snipe Eel. 



Atlantic Ocean, in (leej> water; many specimens taken off" the New England 



coast and off the (irand Banks; common abont Madeira. 

 Nemichthys scolopacen Richardson, Voy. Samarang, 25, 1848, Sonth Atlantic. 



621. Nemichthys avocetta Jordan & Gilbert. 



Pnget Sonnd near Seattle; only the type known. 



Nemichthys avocetta Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 409, harbor of 

 Port Gamble, Puget Sound, near Seattle. 



Family LI. MYRIDiE. The \Arorm Eels. 



Genus 173. AHLIA Jordan & Davis. 



Ahlia Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes. 6.39, 1892 (egmonth). 



622. Ahlia egmontis (Jordan). 



Egmont Key, Florida. 



Myrophis egmontis Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1884, 44, Egmont Key. 



Genus 174. MYROPHIS Liitken. 



Myrophis Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Natnrg. Foren. Kjobenhavn, 1, 9, 1851 

 [punctuttis). 



623. Myrophis punctatus Liitken. 



West Indies; coast of Texas to Surinam; common along our Gulf (Joast. 

 Myrophis punctatus Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Natnrg. Foren. Kjiibenhavn, 

 1,9, 1851, West Indies. 



624. Myrophis vafer Jordan »& Gilbert. 



Pacific Coast of Tropical America, from Guaymas to Panama. 

 Myrophis vafer .Ionian & Gilbt^rt, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 645, Panama. 



Genus 175. CHILORHINUS Liitken. 



C/n7or/nn».s Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturg. Foren. Kjobenhavn, 1, 9, 1851 

 {suensonii). 



625. Chilorhiiius suensonii Liitken. 



St. Croix, West Indies. 



Chiloi-ltinus sue)iso)iii Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Natnrg. Foren. Kjobenhavn, 

 1, 9, 1851, St. Croix, West Indies. 



Family LII. OPHICHTHYIDiE. The Snake Eels. 



Genus 176. SPHAGEBRANCHUS Bloch. 



Sphagchranchus Hloch, Ichthyologia, ix, 88, pi. 419, 1795 (rosfrattis). 



626 Sphagebranchus anguiformis (Peters). 

 Open Atlantic, near the West Indies. 



Ophichthys {Sphagcln-anc.hus) anqHiformis Peters, Berlin. Monatsber. 1876, 849, 

 Atlantic Ocean, 15- 40' N./23"^ 5' W. 



627. Sphagebranchus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Rocks about Cape San Lucas. 



Jpterichthys selachops Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i.S82, .S56, Cape 

 San Lucas. 



Genus 177. VERMA Jordan & Evermann. 



Verma .Tordan A: Evermann, Fishes N.an<l M. Amer., 374, 1896 (ketidaUi). 



628. Verma kendalli (Gilbert). 



Coast of Florida, in rather deep water. 



Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., ix, 1889 (1891), 310, 



off west const of !• lorida, 25^ 34' N., 82- .50' W., in 25 fathoms. 

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