Jordan and Evermann, Fishes of North America. 2401 



the soft rays ; caudal lunate or forked, free from dorsal and anal ; ventrals 

 small, I, 2 ; lateral line incomplete ; pectorals large. A strongly marked 

 genus, perhaps more nearly allied to Jilennius than to Emblemaria or 

 Chwnopsis. (o0z?, snake; lilennim, in allusion to the fang-like teeth.) 



a. D. X, 20; A. 20; depth 5fc in length. WEBBII, 2754. 



aa. D. XI, 22 ; A. II, 23 ; depth 4J in length. STEINDACHNERI, 2755. 



2754. OPHIOBLENNIUS WEBBII (Valenciennes). 



Head 5 ; depth 5i. D. X, 20 ; A. 20 ; P. 16. A slender tentacle above eye 

 in front, and a much broader one, divided into 4 to the base, above the 

 nostril. Snout obtuse, nearly vertical at tip; eye large; 4 teeth at end of 

 upper jaw, strongly pointed, curved backward like hooks ; lower jaw with 

 4 teeth at tip, the two middle ones like upper teeth, the two outer hidden 

 and turned backward ; a little recurved tooth on side of lower jaw ; caudal 

 fin forked ; dorsal somewhat notched at the last spine; lateral line ending 

 near middle of body. Olive green, light or dark; dorsal and anal dusky 

 violet, the base pale; back and sides often with fine points; a dark spot 

 behind eye ; the silvery swim bladder showing through sides of belly. 

 (Steindachner). Tropical Atlantic; known only from the Canaries and 

 Barbados ; not seen by us. (Named for P. B. Webb, one of the explorers of 

 the Canary Islands.) 



Blennophis webbii, VALENCIENNES, in WEBB & BERTHELOT, lies Canar., Poiss., 60, pi. 20, 

 f. 1, 1844, Fortaventura, Canary Islands (Coll. Webb) ; " caught in myriads at Puerto 

 de Cabras in August, eaten as Anchovias" (Webb); GUNTHER, Cat., in, 259, 1861; 

 STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Notizen, vi, 48, 1867. 



Ophioblennius webbi, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 756, 1883. 



2755. OPHIOBLENNIUS STEINDACHNEBI, Jordan & Evermann, new species. 



Head 4 to 41; depth 4 to 4. D. XI, 22; A. II, 23; V. 1, 2; P. 15. Head 

 much compressed ; eye 3 in head ; snout 4. Dorsal beginning above gill 

 opening, ending just before caudal, its soft rays somewhat higher than 

 the spines, the highest spine If in head; caudal and pectorals each about 

 as long as head; ventrals 1 in head. Dark golden brown, sometimes 

 with a broad cross band of dusky violet on back and dorsal fin; caudal 

 with 2 dark longitudinal stripes; dorsal and anal purplish or orange; an 

 intense, round, dark, ocellated spot behind eye. (Steindachner.) West 

 coast of Mexico ; not seen by us ; recorded from near Mazatlan and the Tres 

 Marias Islands. (Named for Dr. Franz Steindachner.) 



Slennophis (Ophioblennius) webbi, STEINDACHNER, Ich. Beitr., vin, 41, 1879, 5 specimens 

 70 mm. long, from Navidad near Mazatlan and the Tres Marias Islands. 



Ophioblennius steindachneri, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Check-List Fishes N. and M.A.,472, 

 1896, name only, Tres Marias Islands; after STEINDACHNER. 



895. EMBLEMARIA, Jordan & Gilbert. 

 Emblemaria, JORDAN <fe GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 627 (nivipes). 



Body slender, not eel-shaped, compressed, scaleless. Ventrale present, 

 jugular, each of 1 spine and 2 soft rays. A single high dorsal fin begin- 

 ning on the nape and extending to the caudal, with which it is not conflu- 



