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tip of snout; posterior nostril a distinct orifice, openinj^ (lownward in 

 upper lip mid-way of length of upper jaw. Teeth all sharp pointed, 

 conical. Maxillary teeth biserial, 3o in each row, the outer row of 

 smaller teeth, the inner row of larger depressible teeth; premaxillary 

 teeth biserial about ten in number; the inner row enlarged curved 

 canines. Vomer with one large fang-like tgoth in the median line ante- 

 ■ riorly, plus ten widely separated rows of teeth on each side of the shaft 

 of the vomer which extend from anterior of vomer to a line with angle 

 of mouth; each of these rows consist of about twenty-three moderately 

 sharp teeth which are hooked at tip and directed backwards; these 

 teeth are larger than those of outer maxillary row. ^Mandibular 

 teeth biserial on sides, triserial in front, the anterior row of several 

 enlarged canines. 



Snout 3.5 in head; eye with its posterior border on a line with angle 

 of jaws; its length 2 in snout; gill-openings round orifices about size 

 of eye and located above lateral line. 



No pectorals; dorsal and anal fins distinct and united around tail. 

 Origin of dorsal posterior to gill-openings by a distance about equal to 

 snout. 



Color in alcohol: — light yellowish brown thickly banded with red- 

 dish brown, these bands extending into the fins where they are very 

 distinct; head and belly with large, round, reddish brown spots and 

 blotches; a whitish band from just back of angle of jaws over the 

 nuchal region, tip of snout somewhat lighter. Length 100 m. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 28,095. Off Barbados, 69 fathoms. 



OPHICHTHYIDAE. 

 Bascanichthys pusillus, sp. nov. 



Body slim cylindrical, almost round in a middle section, head slightly 

 larger owing to distention of the branchial chambers; width of head 

 1.2 in its depth; snout projecting, pointed. Tail tapering evenly 

 from the posterior third of body, the tip bare; depth of body at anal 

 pore 3.75 in head. The trunk and tail are about equal in length. 



Length of head in trunk 8.50; in total length 14.8. 



Mouth small, both the upper and lower jaw somewhat curved; 

 mouth not closing fully; lower jaw almost a fourth shorter than the 

 upper; length of upper jaw, from tip of snout to angle, 3.1 in head. 



