﻿[53] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  841 
  

  

  174.— 
  OPHISURUS 
  1 
  Lacepede. 
  (170 
  6.) 
  

  

  617. 
  Ophisurus 
  acuminatus 
  - 
  Gronow. 
  W. 
  (584 
  6.) 
  

  

  618. 
  Ophisurus 
  xysturus 
  3 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  175.— 
  OPHICHTHYS 
  1 
  Abl. 
  (170) 
  

  

  619. 
  Ophichthys 
  miurus 
  4 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  620. 
  Ophichthys 
  triserialis 
  Kaup.' 
  C. 
  P. 
  (583) 
  

  

  621. 
  Ophichthys 
  ocellatus 
  Le 
  Sueur. 
  P. 
  (584) 
  

  

  622. 
  Ophichthys 
  guttifer 
  6 
  Beau 
  & 
  Dresel. 
  W. 
  

  

  623. 
  Ophichthys 
  macrurus 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  (583 
  6.) 
  

  

  624. 
  Ophichthys 
  chrysops 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  (583 
  c) 
  

  

  625. 
  Ophichthys 
  zophochir 
  6 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  626. 
  Ophichthys 
  schneideri 
  7 
  Steindacbuer. 
  W. 
  (582) 
  

  

  627. 
  Ophichthys 
  intertinctus 
  8 
  Richardson. 
  W. 
  

  

  Head 
  11 
  J 
  iu 
  distance 
  from 
  top 
  of 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  ; 
  bead 
  and 
  trunk 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   tail. 
  Length 
  of 
  type, 
  31 
  inches; 
  head, 
  If; 
  trunk, 
  14£. 
  Egruont 
  Key, 
  Florida; 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  from 
  C. 
  teres 
  by 
  the 
  very 
  short 
  bead. 
  

   {Ccecula 
  bascanium 
  Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci., 
  Pbila., 
  1884, 
  43.) 
  

  

  1 
  For 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  correct 
  application 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  Ophichthys, 
  Ophisurus, 
  and 
  

   Ccecula 
  see 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  648. 
  

  

  2 
  As 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  p. 
  974, 
  the 
  name 
  acuminatus 
  should 
  supersede 
  longus 
  for 
  

   this 
  species. 
  

  

  3 
  Ophichthys 
  xysturus 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1881, 
  346. 
  Mazatlan 
  

   to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  *Ophiohthya 
  miurus 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  , 
  1882, 
  357. 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas. 
  

  

  6 
  Ophichthys 
  guttifer 
  Bean 
  & 
  Dresel. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  0. 
  ocellatus 
  Le 
  Sueur. 
  Greatest 
  depth 
  equal 
  to 
  distance 
  from 
  angle 
  of 
  

   moutb 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  snout. 
  Dorsal 
  fin 
  beginning 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  behind 
  vertical 
  from 
  tip 
  

   of 
  pectoral 
  equal 
  to 
  length 
  of 
  snout. 
  Pectoral 
  nearly 
  3£ 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  head 
  8 
  in 
  total 
  

   length, 
  2f 
  in 
  trunk. 
  Eye 
  L} 
  in 
  snout 
  ; 
  9 
  in 
  bead. 
  Twenty-one 
  oi 
  22 
  small 
  white 
  

   spots 
  along 
  median 
  line. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  (Bean 
  & 
  Dresel, 
  Proc. 
  Biol. 
  Soc, 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  II, 
  1884, 
  99.) 
  

  

  6 
  Ophichthys 
  zophochir 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1881, 
  347. 
  Mazatlan. 
  

  

  7 
  The 
  specimens 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  Ophichthys 
  punctifer 
  (mordax) 
  belong 
  rather 
  

   to 
  Ophichthys 
  schneideri 
  Steindachuer. 
  

  

  Yellowish 
  brown 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  small 
  dark 
  brown 
  elongate 
  spots 
  ; 
  sides 
  with 
  about 
  

   three 
  rows 
  of 
  rather 
  large 
  oval 
  spots, 
  the 
  lower 
  disappearing 
  behind 
  the 
  vent, 
  number 
  

   of 
  rows 
  becoming 
  greater 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  broad 
  half 
  spots 
  along 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  dorsal, 
  

   and 
  bordered 
  with 
  blackish. 
  Head 
  3£ 
  in 
  trunk; 
  snout 
  conical, 
  blunt 
  anteriorly. 
  

   Cleft 
  of 
  mouth 
  very 
  long, 
  2 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  eye 
  11 
  ; 
  snout 
  7. 
  Teeth 
  in 
  both 
  jaws 
  in 
  two 
  rows, 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  row 
  in 
  both 
  very 
  sharp, 
  unequal, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  quite 
  long, 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  inner 
  row 
  smaller 
  and 
  subequal 
  ; 
  vomerine 
  teeth 
  rather 
  small, 
  in 
  two 
  roios, 
  diverging 
  

   forward; 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  long 
  canines 
  in 
  front, 
  behind 
  the 
  two 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw. 
  

   Both 
  nostrils 
  with 
  short 
  tubes. 
  Pectoral 
  4 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  beginning 
  about 
  1-J- 
  eye's 
  

   diameters 
  behind 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  pectoral. 
  Tail 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  by 
  

   1| 
  bead's 
  lengths. 
  (Steindachner. 
  ) 
  West 
  Indies, 
  occasionally 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  stomachs 
  

   of 
  Red 
  Snappers 
  at 
  Pensacola. 
  Apparently 
  distinct 
  from 
  0. 
  punctifer 
  (=0. 
  mordax), 
  

   having 
  the 
  vomerine 
  teeth 
  in 
  two 
  rows 
  instead 
  of 
  three. 
  

  

  Crotalopsis 
  mordax 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1879, 
  154 
  ; 
  not 
  Macrodonophis 
  

   mordax 
  Poey; 
  Steindachner, 
  Ichtb. 
  Beitr., 
  VIII, 
  67, 
  1879; 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1883, 
  143.) 
  

  

  8 
  Ophichthys 
  inter 
  tinctus. 
  

  

  Dark 
  brown 
  above, 
  paler 
  below 
  ; 
  sides 
  and 
  back 
  with 
  about 
  three 
  rows 
  of 
  large 
  

   ovate 
  brown 
  spots, 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  position, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  row 
  

   smallest, 
  the 
  large 
  and 
  small 
  ones 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  rows 
  somewhat 
  alternating. 
  Spots 
  

   on 
  head 
  small 
  and 
  numerous. 
  Dorsal 
  with 
  an 
  interrupted 
  dark 
  margin; 
  anal 
  with 
  

  

  