6 BULLETIN OB' THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



17. Saurida gracilis (Qiioy & Gaimiud). 



Head 4.10 in length; depth 6.20; eye 5 in head; dorsal 10; anal 9; scales 49. Color brownish, with 

 dusky blotches along tlie side, extending to below lateral line; fins spotted and irregularly banded with brown. 

 Three specimens from Manila, length 4.25 inches. 



Family LEPT()CEPHAL1U.E. 



UKOCONGEK Kaup. 



18. TJroconger lepturus (Richardson). 



Teeth in doiiljle rows in jaws; vomerine teeth in a single pointed row; outer and anterior teeth largest. 

 Tail tapering to a very line point Color in spirits dull uniform brown; head and chin lighter. One specimen 

 from Manila, length r2..50 inches. 



Family MUR^NESOCID.€. 



MTJRa:NESOX McClelland. 



19. Mursenesox cinereus (Forskai). 



Vomerine teeth large and sawlike, with a basal lobe Ijcfore and behind. Two specimens from Manila, 

 length 12.75 and 13. .50 inches. 



Family MVRIIt.^:. 



20. Muraenichthys gyninopterus (Bleeker). 



Two specimens, one of 4 inches, one of 12, from Cavite. 



Family OPHICHTHYID^. 



OPHICHTHTJS Ahl. 



21. Ophichthus tapeinopterus (Bk'eker). 



Teeth small, pointed, of equal size, forming broad bands in maxillary, in two rows on mandible and vomer; 

 trunk half the length of tail; gape 2.75 in head. Color in spirits uniform yellowish brown, a little darker mi 

 upper part. One specimen from Cavite, length 11 inches. 



22. Ophichthus sp. (larva). 



Four specimens, from Manila, of a larval eel with sharp-pointed mouth, rather long teeth in a single scries; 

 no pectorals; anal, florsal. and caudal fin differentiated, body very strongly compressed, rather short. Length 

 4 to .', inches. 



23. JenkinsieUa nectura .Jordan, new .species. 



Fio. \.^Jrnkinsiella nerlura Jnrdiin. m-w species. Type. 



Body slender, subterete, the greatest depth about 3 in head ; head 9.75 in total length, 2.25 in trunk; head 

 and tniiik 3.5 in tail ; eye very small, nearly 9 in head, 1 .75 in snout ; mouth rather large, extending much past 

 eye nearly 3 in head; edge of upper lip with a row of conspicuous fleshy fringes posteriorly, the longest about 



