276 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



648. Ophichthus magnioculis (Kaup). 



West IiidicH to l?razil ; Aspinwall. 



Scylalophis mayniocuU^ Kaiip, Ajjodes, 13, fig. 7. 185t>, St. Croix and Hrazil. 



649. Ophichthus parilis (Richardson). 



Cuba to Brazil. 



Ophisurua pdrilis IJicliardson, Voj. Krebiia and Tenor. 10.5, IX-l'l, West Indies. 



Genus 185. MYSTRIOPHIS Kaup. 



Miistriojyltit Kaup, Apodea, 10, 1856 {rostellalus). 



Sul)g<>nus ECHIOrSIS Kniip. 



Echiopsis Kaup, Abbandl. Natur. \'ereiii Hamburg, iv, 13, I860 {inlertitictus). 



650. Mystriophis intertinctus (Richardson). 



West Indies, north to Pensacola, Florida. 



OpIii'inrHS inierlinctiis Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, 102, 1844, 

 West Indies. 



Genus 186. SCYTALICHTHYS Jordan & Davis. 



Scytalichthys Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 635, 1892 (miurus). 



651. Scytalichthys miurua (.Jordan & Ciilbert). 



Cape San Lucas, Lower California. 



Ophichthyn iniiirus Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. IJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 357, Cape San 

 Lucas, Lower California. 



Genus 187. BRACHYSOMOPHIS Kaup. 



Brachysomophls Kaup, Apodes, 9, 1856 (horridus). 



652. Brachysoniophis crocodilinus (Bennett). 



Ivist Indies; a speiiinien recorded by Ciintlier from the Calapagos. 

 Opimurus crocodilinus Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1833, 32, Mauritius. 



Suborder COLOCEPHALI. 

 Family LIII MURiENIDiE. The Morays. 



Genus 188. ENCHELYCORE Kaup. 



Encliehjcore Kaiij), Apodes, 72, 1856 {euryrhina). 



653. Euchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre). 



West Indies; rather common. 



Muntna nigricans Bonnaterre, Encycl. Math. Ichth., 34, 1788, South America; 

 after Gronow. 



Genus 189. PYTHONICHTHYS Poey. 



J'ythonicJtthys Poey, Repertorio, ii, 265, 1867 (sanniiincKs). 



654. Pythonichthys sanguineus Poey. 



Coast of Cul)a, in rather deep water. 



Pythonichthys sawjuinens l*oey, Repertorio, Ji, 265, j)!. 2, tig. 7, 1867, Cuba. 



Genus 190. RABULA Jordan & Davis. 



Ixabiila .Jordan & Davis, Apodal Fishes, 589, 1892 ((tiiuodnlcis). 



655. Rabula aqueedulcis (Cope). 



Two specimens known, one said to be from San Diego, the type from Rio 



(irande in Costa Rica. 

 Murana afiita-dnlcin Cope, V. S. Geol. Surv. Mont., etc., 474, 1871 (1872), Rio 



Grande near San Jose, Costa Rica. 



656. Rabula marmorea (Valenciennes). 



Galapagos Islands. 



Muronoj)his marmoniis A'alenciennes, \oy. N'euus, Zool., 347, pi. 10, lig. 1, 1855, 

 Galapagos Arcliiiielago. 



