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Genus 183. QUASSIREMUS Jordan & Davis. 



Qiiassiremus Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 622, 1892 (evUmthas). 



638 Qaassiremus nothochir (Gilbert). 



.'^aii Josef Island, Gulf of California. 



Ophichthiis nothochir Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 58, San Josef Island, 

 Gulf of California. 



639. Quassiremus evionthas (Jordan &, Bollman), 



Hood Island, Galapagos Archipelago. 



Ophichthiis evionthas Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 154, Hood 

 Island, Galapagos Archipelago. 



Genus 184. OPHICHTHUS Thunberg & Ahl. 



Ophichthus Thunberg & Ahl, De Muraena et Ophichtho, 1789 (aphis). 



Subgenus CRYPTOPTERUS Kaup. 



Cnjptopterus Kaup, Aale Hamburg, 1859 {piincticeps). 



640. Ophichthus puncticeps (Kaup). 



Caribbean Sea at Puerto Cabello, near Aspinwall. 



Cryptopterus puncticeps Kaup, Aale Hamb. Mus., ii, pi. 1, fig. 2, 1859, Puerto 

 Cabello, Caribbean Sea. 



Subgenus OPHICHTHUS Thunbprg & Ahl. , 



641. Ophichthus havannensis (Bloch & Schneider). 



West Indies ; apparently not common. 



Miira'na havannensis Bloch &, Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 491, 1801, Havana; after 

 Parra. 



642. Ophichthus retropinnis (Eigenmaun). 



Snapper Banks, off Pensacola, Florida-. 



Ophichthys retropinnis Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 116, Snajjper 

 Banks, oft" Pensacola. 



Subgenus MUR^EXOPSIS Kaup. 



J\[urwnupsis Kaup, Apodes, 11, 1856 (ooellatus). 



643. Ophichthus guttifer (Bean & Dresel). 



Snapper Banks, olf Pensacola, Florida. 



Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dresel, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., ii, 1884, 100, Snapper 

 Banks, off Pensacola, Florida. 



644. Ophichthus ooellatus (LeSueur). 



West Indies, south to Brazil and north to Pensacola. 



Murwnophis ocellatus LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, 1825, 108, pi. 4, 

 fig. 3, South America. 



645. Ophichthus triserialis (Kaup). 



Pacific Coast of Tropical America, rather common, from Lower California 



to the Galapagos. 

 Murcenopsis triserialis Kaup, Apodes, 12, 1856, Pacific. 



Subgenus SCYTALOPHIS Kaup. 



Scytalophis Kaup, Apodes, 13, 1856 (magniocutia). 



540. Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnan). Sea Serpent; Sea Eel; Whipsnah'c Eel. 



South Carolina to Rio .Janeiro; generally common, especially about the 



Florida Keys and Cuba. 

 Ophisurus gomesii Castelnan, Anim. Am. Sud, 84, pi. 44, fig. 2, 1855, Rio Janeiro. 



647. Ophichthus zophochir (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Pacific Coast of Mexico, Guaymas to Acai)nlco. 



Ophichthys zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. LT. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 347, Maz- 

 atlau, Mexico. 



