Key to the species of Achirophichthys. 



1. Maxillary teeth in a single series, lips not papillated. />. (A.) kampeni p. 316. 



2. Maxillary teeth in a double series; lips papillated. . . B. (A.} typus p. 317. 



Fig. 1 50. Brachysomophis (Achirophichthys) kampeni n. sp. Nat. size. 



i. Brachysomophis (Achirophichthys) kampeni n. sp. 



Height 29; head 8, 3 times in trunk. Head and trunk some- 

 what longer than tail. Eye somewhat prominent, about 20, about 

 i'/ 2 times in length of snout. Cleft of mouth wide, thrice in 



head. Snout pointed. Lips 

 not fringed. Origin of dor- 

 sal at a distance behind 

 the gillopenings equal 

 to about 2 / 9 length of 

 head. Dorsal and anal 

 rather low, ending at some 

 distance before the point 

 of the tail. In the jaws 

 a single series of com- 

 pressed, recurved teeth, 

 situated close together, in the mandibles a few canine teeth 

 besides. On the intermaxillary plate a curved series of about 

 5 canine teeth, on the vomer a single series of 5 rather widely 

 set teeth, of which the posterior 4 are large canines, a single 



Fig. 151. Brachysomophis (Achirophichthys) 

 kampeni n. sp. X 3- 



