seale: new species of apodal fishes. 83 



series of graduated teeth extending back on the shaft. Mandibular 

 teeth uniserial, of about fourteen conical teeth of moderate size. 



Snout 4.9 in head; anterior nostril in tube slightly anterior to tip 

 of lower jaw; posterior nostril a slit on under side of upper lip, on a 

 line with anterior margin of eye; the eye is mid-way between tip of 

 snout and angle of jaws, its length 1.7 in snout. 



Gill-openings large, slit-like located low on the sides, their openings 

 but little less than their distance apart. Lateral line is distinct, but 

 pores not obvious. Dorsal and anal fins low but distinct; the pectoral 

 is microscopic, easily overlooked, its length less than eye, represented 

 by a small membraneous flap; origin of dorsal posterior to gill-open- 

 ing by a distance contained 4 times into head. The dorsal and anal 

 end very near the tip of the tail. 



Color m alcohol: — body grayish with nineteen or twenty wide black 

 bands over the back extending down to the lateral line; the bands 

 as wide as the interspaces and alternating with large round black spots 

 on the sides below the lateral line. A black bar over the head and 

 through the eyes like a mask, a yellowish space in front and behind 

 this mask; cheeks and top of head with large black spots ocellated with 

 whitish; lower jaw with fine black specks, nuchal region with the first 

 black bar. A few black dots on upper lip and on tip of snout; ven- 

 tral surface and fins uniform. 



Total length 595 m.; length to origin of anal fin 327 m.; to origin 

 of dorsal 58 m.; length of head 53 m. 



Tyye.— M. C. Z. 9150. Nassau, Bahamas, 10 November, 1861. 

 J. D. Sargent. 



Quassiremus parvipinna, sp. nov. 



This species has distinct, but low dorsal and anal fins. The ante- 

 rior nostril is in a tube near the end of the snout. Teeth all pointed; 

 maxillary teeth uniserial, twenty-one, sharp, pointed, compressed, 

 becoming smaller posteriorly; premaxillaries uniserial, consisting 

 of five backwardly directed, conical, sharp, curved teeth, the largest of 

 the upper jaw. Vomer with a cluster of four large sharp teeth ante- 

 riorly, plus a single series of fine small rounded teeth on the shaft. 

 Lower jaw uniserial with about twenty-one curved conical teeth of 

 moderate size. Origin of dorsal posterior to gill-openings. The 

 pectoral fin is reduced to a small flap about equal to \ length of eye. 

 Gill-openings lateral. Head in total length 12.1; head in trunk 5. 



