276 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



648. Ophichthus magiiioculis (Kaup). 



West ludies to Brazil; Aspiuwall. 



Scylalophis magniociiHii Kaup, Apodes, 13, fig. 7, 185<i, St. Croix and Brazil. 



649. Ophichthus parilis (Richardson). 



Cuba to Brazil. 



Ophisitrus pariliii Richardson, V^oy. Erebus and Terror. 105, 1844, West Indies. 



Genus 185. MYSTRIOPHIS Kaup. 



Mi/striophis Kaup, Apodes, 10, 1856 [rosteUatus) . 



Subgenus ECHIOPSIS Kaup. 



Echiopsis Kaup, Abhandl. Natur. Vereiu Hamburg, iv, 13, 1860 (inlertinctus). 



650. Mystriophis intertinctus (Richardson). 



West ludies, north to Pensacola, P'lorida. 



Ophisunis intertinctus Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, 102, 1844, 

 West ludies. 



Genus 186. SCYTALICHTHYS Jordan & Davis. 



Sci/talichthys Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 6.35, 1892 (miurus). 



651. Scytalichthys miurus (.Jordan &. Gilbert). 



Cape San Lucas, Lower California. 



OphicMhys miurus Jordan &, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 357, Cape San 

 Lucas, Lower California. 



Genus 187. BRACHYSOMOPHIS Kaup. 



Braclujsomophis Kaup, Apodes, 9, 1856 (horridus). 



652. Brachy-somophis crocodilinus (Bennett). 



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

 Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1833, 32, Mauritius. 



Suborder COLOCEPHALI. 

 Family LIII MURiENIDiE. The Morays. 



Genus 188. ENCHELYCORE Kaup. 



Enclielycore Kaup, Apodes, 72, 1856 {euryrhina}. 



653. Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterro). 



West Indies ; rather commou. 



Murcena nigricans Bonnaterre, Encycl. Meth. Ichth., 34, 1788, South America; 

 after Grouow. 



Genus 189. PYTHONICHTHYS Poey. 



Vythonichthys Poey, Repertorio, ii, 265, 1867 (sanguineus). 



654. Pythonichthys sanguineus Poey. 



Coast of Cuba, in rather deep water. 



Pythonichthys sanguineus Poey, Repertorio, ii, 265, pi. 2, tig. 7, 1867, Cuba. 



Genus 190. RABULA Jordan & Davis. 



liabula Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 589, 1892 (aquiiduleis). 



655. Rabula aqueedulcis (Cope). 



Two specimens known, one said to be from San Diego, the type from Rio 



Grande in Costa Rica. 

 Murcena aquw-dulcis Cope, U. S. Geol. Surv. Mont., etc., 474, 1871 (1872), Rio 



Grande jiear San Jose, Costa Rica. 



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656. Rabula marmorea (Valenciennes). 



Gala])agos Islands. 



Mura'nophis marmorcus Valenciennes, Voy. Venus, Zool., 347, pi. 10, tig. 1, 1855, 

 Galapagos Archijjelago. 



