482 rp:port of commissioner of fish and fisheries. 



2774. Lepophidium emmelas (Gilbert). 



Coast of Lower California. 



Leptophidinm emmelas Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 110, coast of Lower 

 California, at Albatross Stations 3007 and 3008, in 362 and 306 fathoms. 



2775. Lepophidium stigmatistium (Gilbert). 



Coast of Lower California. 



Leptophidium stigmatistium Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 109, off Lower 

 California, at Albatross Station 2996, in 112 fathoms. 



2776. Lepophidium profuudorum (Gill). 



Gulf Stream, off the coast of Florida. 



Leptophidium profundorum Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 211, Gulf 

 Stream, off the coast of Florida. 



2777. Lepophidium cervinum (Goode & Beau). 



Gulf Stream. 



Leptophidium cervinum Goode & T5eau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 422, 40° 01' 

 N., 69« 56' W., deptli 76 fathoms. 



2778. Lepophidium prorates (Jordan & Bollman). 



Panama, and south of Panama. 



Leptophidium prorates .Jordan & liollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 172, 

 Panama, and south of Panama. 



2779. Lepophidium brevibarbe (Cuvier). 



West Indies and Brazil. 



Ophidium brevibarbe Cuvier, Regue Animal, ed. 2, ii, 358, 1828 (Brazil). 



2780. Lepophidium pardale (Gilbert). 



Lower California. 



Leptophidium pardale Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1890, 108, off Lower California. 



2781. Lepophidium microlepis (Gilbert). 



liower California. 



LejJtophidium microlepis Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 109, off Lower 

 California. 



Genus 916. OPHIDION (Artedi) Linnaeus. Cusk-eels. 



Ophidion (Artedi) Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 259, 17.58 (barbaium). 



2782. Ophidion beani Jordan & Gilbert, 



Gulf of Mexico; Snapper Banks off Peusacola, Florida. 

 Ophidion hvaiti .Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 43, Snapper 

 Banks off Pensacola. 



2783. Ophidion holbrooki (Putnam). 



Key West, Florida; Gulf of Mexico. 



Ophidium holbrooki Putnam, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1874, 342, Key West, 

 Florida. 



2784. Ophidion graellsi Poey. 



Cuba. 



Ophidion graUsi Poey, Memorias, ii, 425, 1861, Havana. 



Genus 917. CHILARA * Jordan & Evermann. 



Chilara Jordan & Evermann, new genus {taylori). 



2785. Chilara taylori (Girard). 



Coast of California, from Monterey to San Diego. 



Ojyhidium taylori Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., x, 138, 1858, Monterey, California. 



* Distinguished from Ophidion by the spine on the opercle. The air bladder is ovate, not contracted, 

 and without foramen, as in Ophidion. 



