APODAL FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 
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nn. Ground color brownish-black, with irregular pale-gray- 
ish spots; anal fin without distinct pale 
margin. 
q. Cleft of mouth more than one half of head. 
[Snout produced, narrow, subspatulate; eye 
nearer to the end of snout than the angle of 
mouth; teeth irregularly biserial in jaws, 
uniserial on vomer ; cleft of mouth very wide, 
rather more than one-half the length of 
head ; eye, 2| in snout ; head a little less 
than half of trunk ; tail rather longev than 
rest of body; brownish black, ‘with small, 
irregular, pale-grayish spots in moderate 
number and longitudinally arranged, the 
largest sometimes twice the size of the eye, 
the smallest mere dots, each spot marbled 
with darker ; head brownish yellow, with 
indistinct yellow dots above. ] (Gunther.) /f 
Anatixus, 17. 
qq. Cleft of mouth, less than half of head; [teeth 
of jaws irregularly biserial ; vomerine teeth 
biserial; snout rather produced and narrow; 
eye situated above the middle of gape, 2£ 
in snout; dleft of mouth contained 2£ in 
head ; head 2i in trunk ; tail longer than 
rest of body ; brownish blaGk, with numer- 
ous, rather irregular pale-grayish spots, the 
largest about the size of the eye, the smallest 
mere dots ; each spot again marbled with 
darker, the smaller and larger spots mixed 
together. J ( Gunther. ) Sanct.<e-Helen.e, 18. 
mm. Color dark brown, dark green, or blackish, either plain 
or with faint markings. 
r. Belly with black, wavy transverse lines;. no 
dark lines along dorsal fin ; body with ob- 
scure paler spots and marbliugs : teeth of 
upper jaw biserial; teeth in the inner row 
very large and movable ; teeth of lower jaw 
uniserial, close set, compressed, recurved, 
like outer teeth of upper jaw ; vomerine teeth 
small, uniserial, preceded by very large, de- 
pressible canines. Eye small, in snout, 
midway between tip of snout and angle of 
mouth ; cleft of mouth 2^ to 2f in head ; 
* head 2f to 3£ in trunk ; tail shorter than 
rest of body. Dark brown, vaguely reticu- 
lated, with narrow, paler streaks and spots, 
the markings very obscure ; belly with dark 
cross streaks ; a dark blotch around gill- 
opening Mordax, 10. 
rr. Belly without black transverse lines. 
s. Tail a little longer than head and trunk. 
Teeth uniserial in the jaws in the adults; 
teeth on vomer uniserial (var. ? erebus ), or 
biserial ( funebris ) ; long depressible canines 
on front of vomer : eye 2 to 2$ in snout, above 
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