Miercdonophls, 
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= 
XLII. Microdonophis erabo Jordan and Snyder. (Ophichthyide. ) 
Plate XXIII, fig. 92 ; plate XXIV, fig. 93 and 94. 
Mongara-doshi. 
Microdonophis crabo Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, rgor, p. 870, 
fig. 17; Misaki, Sagami, type No. 6477, Leland Stanford Jr. University 
Museum, 24 inches long. 
Habitat.—Bosht to Okinawa. 
Head 6%, height of body 16 in head and trunk. Eye 9, interorbital about 5, snout 
about 5 in head. Head and trunk 12 in total length. 
Body very elongate, slender, not compressed, posterior tip extending beyond 
vertical fins, caudal fin absent. Head rather large, slightly compressed, upper contour 
very steep, straight; eye rather small, high up, lateral; interorbital rather broad, 
slightly concave; snout very steep, short; pointed ; anterior nostril on upper lip with a 
long tube ; posterior nostril indistinct ; jaws completely closed; lower one much 
shorter. Teeth small, subconica], one-rowed on the sides of jaws; vomerine teeth 
smali, subequal, one-rowed, about 13 in number on either side. Mouth extending 
far beyond eye, its angle falling slightly before middle between tip of snout and gill- 

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