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Family MYRID. 
76. Myrus uropterus Temminck & Schlegel. No. 6460 (Plate XXVII, fig. 7). 
We here figure a larval eel from Misaki, which we refer, very doubtfully, to 
this species. We can identify it with no other from Japan. 
Family MURASNESOCID Ad. 
77. Murenesox cinereus Forskal. 
Osaki, Nos. 6385a—b, Shimonoseki. 
Family NEMICHTHYIDA. 
78. Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson. 
Misaki, No. 6025a. 
Two specimens sixty-nine and ninety-three centimeters long, from Sagami Bay. 
No tangible distinction from Atlantic specimens is apparent, except that the head 
is noticeably larger. It is is recorded from Papua, and by Franz from Sagami Bay, 
Family OPHICHTHYID. 
79. Ophichthys asakuse Jordan & Snyder. 
Kobe, No. 6216a, C. M. Cat. of Fishes (Coll. Manabe). Hitherto known only 
from a specimen from Misaki in the Aquarium of Asakusa in Tokyo. 
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Siiea ea 
or 40) Cee” 1a) .e +a ey). 8 ey (eh te 
Fig. 12. Ophichthys asakuse Jordan & Snyder. (From Proc. U. 8. N. M., Vol. XXIII, p. 873). 
Family SOLENOSTOMID. 
80. Solenostomus pzgnius sp. nov. 
Described from the type from Misaki, C. M. Cat. of Fishes, No. 6020, a male 
specimen 101 mm. in total length, badly shrunken from immersion in strong alcohol. 
Head 2.2 in body-length without caudal; depth at base of ventrals 4.23; snout 
3.33 in body; eye 6 in snout; maxillary 5 in snout; depth of snout 3 in its length, or 
4.5 in head; length of caudal peduncle from last anal ray to middle caudal rays 4.7 
in head; dorsal rays V. 20; A. 19; P. 25; V. 8. 
Body-depth slightly greater than in known species, despite shrunken body; 
snout very deep, its depth equal to postorbital portion of head; the dorsal ridge, or 
edge of snout, arched in profile, beginning a diameter of eye before the anterior 
