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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [54] 
  

  

  176— 
  MYRICHTHYS 
  Girard. 
  (171 
  1 
  

  

  628. 
  Myrichthys 
  tigrinus 
  Girard. 
  C. 
  (585) 
  

  

  177.— 
  MYROPHIS 
  Liitken. 
  171 
  b.) 
  

  

  629. 
  Myrophis 
  lumbricus 
  Jordan 
  A 
  Gilbert. 
  S. 
  (585?).) 
  

  

  630. 
  Myrophis 
  punctat 
  us 
  1 
  Liitken. 
  W. 
  (585 
  c.) 
  

  

  631. 
  Myrophis 
  vafer- 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  632. 
  Myrophis 
  egmoutis 
  3 
  Jordan. 
  W. 
  

  

  178.— 
  NEOCONGER 
  Girard. 
  (172) 
  

  

  633. 
  Neoconger 
  mucronatus 
  Girard. 
  W. 
  (586) 
  

  

  179— 
  NETTASTOMA 
  4 
  Rafinesque. 
  

  

  634. 
  Nettastoma 
  procerurn 
  Goode 
  & 
  Baan. 
  B. 
  

  

  a 
  darker 
  edge 
  ; 
  pectorals 
  blackish. 
  Gill 
  openings 
  wide, 
  the 
  isthmus 
  rather 
  narrow 
  ; 
  

   head 
  3J 
  in 
  trunk. 
  Cleft 
  of 
  mouth 
  very 
  wide, 
  nearly 
  half 
  length 
  of 
  head. 
  Teeth 
  

   sharply 
  pointed, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  fixed 
  canines 
  in 
  both 
  jaws, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  larger 
  

   ones 
  iu 
  front 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw; 
  about 
  4 
  moderate 
  canines 
  near 
  front 
  of 
  lower 
  jaw; 
  teeth 
  

   in 
  both 
  jaws 
  in 
  double 
  series, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  series 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  depressible. 
  

   Vomer 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  series 
  confluent 
  behind. 
  Eye 
  small, 
  1-J 
  in 
  snout, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  

   6-J 
  iu 
  head. 
  Pectoral 
  about 
  5 
  in 
  head. 
  Dorsal 
  commencing 
  a 
  little 
  behiud 
  end 
  of 
  

   pectoral. 
  Tail 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  rest 
  of 
  body. 
  West 
  Indies, 
  north 
  to 
  Egiuont 
  Key, 
  

   Florida. 
  

  

  (Ojrfnsurus 
  intertinclus 
  Richardson. 
  Ereb. 
  & 
  Terr. 
  Fish., 
  102; 
  Echiopsis 
  intertinetua 
  

   Kaup, 
  Apodes, 
  13, 
  1858; 
  Giinther, 
  VIII. 
  57; 
  Ophichthya 
  intertinetua 
  Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  

   Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1884, 
  43.) 
  

  

  1 
  Myrophis 
  punctatua 
  Liitken= 
  Myrophis 
  Tnicrostigmiua 
  Poey. 
  To 
  the 
  synonymy, 
  add 
  — 
  

  

  (Liitken, 
  Vid. 
  Med. 
  Naturh. 
  Foren. 
  Kjobenh., 
  1851, 
  1; 
  Myrophis 
  lonyicollis 
  Kaup, 
  

   Apode>, 
  30, 
  1>58 
  : 
  Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1883, 
  282; 
  not 
  of 
  Giinther, 
  VIII, 
  

   51,= 
  M. 
  vafer 
  Jor. 
  & 
  Gilb.) 
  

  

  ■Myrophis 
  vafer 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1882, 
  645. 
  Guaymas 
  to 
  

   Panama. 
  

  

  ;5 
  Mt/ro2>Jiix 
  egmontis 
  Jordan. 
  

  

  Dark 
  brown, 
  apparently 
  uniform, 
  somewhat 
  paler 
  below 
  ; 
  head 
  small, 
  sleuder, 
  mod- 
  

   erately 
  pointed; 
  anterior 
  nostril 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  tube; 
  posterior, 
  large, 
  labial 
  directly 
  be- 
  

   hind 
  it 
  ; 
  cleft 
  of 
  mouth 
  rather 
  short, 
  extending 
  to 
  beyond 
  th« 
  rather 
  large 
  eye, 
  which 
  

   is 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  ; 
  cleft 
  of 
  m»uth, 
  3£ 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  teeth 
  on 
  both 
  

   jaws 
  subeqnal, 
  pointed, 
  slightly 
  compressed, 
  arranged 
  in 
  single 
  series, 
  those 
  of 
  both 
  

   jaws 
  directed 
  somewhat 
  backward 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  teeth 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  oblique 
  than 
  the 
  

   upper 
  ; 
  about 
  four 
  small 
  fixed 
  canines 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw 
  ; 
  uo 
  teeth 
  on 
  vomer 
  iu 
  two 
  

   specimens 
  examined 
  ; 
  tongue 
  not 
  free 
  ; 
  lower 
  jaw 
  considerably 
  shorter 
  than 
  upper, 
  its 
  

   edge 
  considerably 
  curved, 
  concave 
  in 
  outline. 
  Nape 
  somewhat 
  elevated 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  

   with 
  large 
  pores. 
  Head 
  5£ 
  in 
  distance 
  from 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  trunk 
  a 
  little 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  tail 
  ; 
  body 
  slender, 
  its 
  greatest 
  depth 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  length 
  of 
  gape. 
  

   Pectoral 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  slightly 
  longer 
  thau 
  snout 
  ; 
  the 
  gill 
  opening 
  short, 
  oblique, 
  

   exteudiug 
  dowuward 
  and 
  backward 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pectoral. 
  

   Dorsal 
  fin 
  beginning 
  behind 
  vent, 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  length 
  of 
  gape; 
  the 
  

   fin 
  very 
  low 
  in 
  front, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  higher 
  towards 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  tail; 
  anal 
  low, 
  

   but 
  well 
  developed, 
  considerably 
  higher 
  than 
  dorsal, 
  highest 
  anteriorly, 
  uniting 
  with 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  around 
  the 
  tail. 
  Length, 
  15 
  inches. 
  Egmont 
  Key, 
  Florida. 
  

  

  (Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila,. 
  1^-4, 
  44.) 
  

  

  4 
  Nettastoma 
  Rafinesque. 
  

   (Hyoprorus 
  Kcilliker 
  ; 
  larva. 
  | 
  

  

  (Rafinesque, 
  Caratteri 
  di 
  AlcuniNuovi 
  Generi, 
  &c, 
  1810, 
  66 
  ; 
  type 
  Xettastoma 
  mela- 
  

   nura 
  Raf.) 
  

  

  Scaleless. 
  Tail 
  tapering 
  into 
  a 
  point. 
  Snout 
  much 
  produced, 
  depressed; 
  jaws 
  and 
  

  

  