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etenus 172. NEMICHTHYS Richardson. 



Xemichthiif! liichardsou, Voy. Samaraug, 16, 1848 {KcolopaceufO. 



620. Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson. Snipe Eel. 



Atlantic Ocean, in deep water; many specimens taken oif the New England 



coa.st and oil' the Grand Banks ; common about Madeira. 

 Nemichthys scolopacea Richardson, Voy. Samarang, 25, 1848, South Atlantic. 



621. Nemichthys avocetta Jordan & Gilbert. 



Puget Sound near Seattle; only the type known. 



Nemichthj/s avocefia Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1880, 409, harbor of 

 Port Gamble, Puget Sound, near Seattle. 



Family LI. MYRID^. The Worm Eels. 



Genus 173 AHLIA Jordan & Davis. 



Ahlia Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 639, 1892 (effmoiifis). 



622. Ahlia egmontis (Jordan). 



Egmont Key, Florida. 



Mxjrophis egmontis Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1884, 44. Egmont Key. 



Genus 174. MYROPHIS Lutken. 



Myrophis Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturg. Foren. Kjobenhavn, 1, 9, 1851 

 {pnnctatus). 



623. Myrophis punctatus Liitken. 



West Indies ; coast of Texas to Surinam ; common along our Gulf Coast. 

 Myrophis punctatus Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturg. Koren. Kjobenhavn. 

 1,9, 1851, West Indies. 



624. Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert. 



Pacific Coast of Tropical America, from Guaymas to Panama. 

 Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 645, Panama. 



Genus 175. CHILORHINUS Lutken. 



Chilorhinus Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturg. Foren. Kjfibenhavn, I, 9, 1851 



{SH€IIS07Ui). 



625. Chilorhinus suensonii Lutken. 



St. Croix, West Indies. 



Chilorhinus suensonii Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturg. Foren. Kjobenhavn, 

 1, 9, 1851, St. Croix, West Indies. 



Family LII. OPHICHTHITID^. The Snake Eels. 



Genus 176. SPHAGEBRANCHUS Bloch. 



Sphaychranchus Hloch, Ichthyologia, ix, 88, pi. 419, 1795 (rostratus). 



626. Sphagebranchus anguiformis (Peters). 



Open Atlantic, near the West Indies. 



Ophichthys (Sphage.branchus) an<iuiformis Peters, Berlin. Monatsber. 1876, 849, 

 Atlantic Ocean, 15- 40' N.,'23^ 5' W. 



627. Sphagebranchus selachops (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Rocks about Cape San Lucas. 

 . Apteriehthys selachops Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, .S56, Cape 

 San Lucas. 



Genus 177. VERMA Jordan & Evermann. 



Fermn .Jordan »!t Evermann, Fishes N. and M. Amer., 374, 1896 (kendalli). 



628. Verma kendalli (Gilbert). 



Coast of Florida, in rather deep water. 



Sphagebranchus IccndaUi Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., ix, 1889 (1891), 310, 



off west coast of llorida, 25- 34' N., 82^ ,50' W., in 25 fathoms. 

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