APODAL FISIIES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 595 
w. Vomerine teeth uniserial, mostly 
small and rounded. 
x. [Color nearly uniform from head to 
tail ; brown or black, entirely 
covered with innumerable yel- 
lowish dots, the largest the size 
of a small pin head. Teeth bi- 
serial, except on vomer and the 
side of mandible; canines small; 
mouth cau be shut completely; 
gill-opening as wide as eye; eye 
2 in snout; cleft of mouth 2£ in 
head; head 2\ in body; tail 
rather longer than rest of body. ] 
(Gunther.) M 1 L 14 .RIS, 24. 
xx. [Color not uniform from head to 
tail ; tail black with innumera- 
ble round yellow spots smaller 
than eye ; towards the trunk 
the yellow spots are more 
densely crowded and irregular 
in shape, and on the head the 
yellow becomes the ground color 
and the black appears in the 
form of reticulations. Teeth 
biserial, except on vomer and 
side of mandible ; the mouth 
can not be completely shut; gill- 
opening rather wider than eye; 
, eye less than one-half of snout; 
head 2£ in trunk; tail rather 
longer than the rest of body.] 
(Gunther.) . .. Flavopictus, 25. 
ww. Vomerine teeth biserial, small, and 
bluntly rounded. Mouth not 
closing completely ; teeth of 
upper jaw biserial, those of 
th6 inner series larger ; teeth of 
the lower jaw biserial anteri- 
orly ; eye over middle of gajm, 
2£ in snout ; head 2£ in trunk, 
4£ in tail, which is alittle longer 
than rest of body ; gill-opening 
large. Color, dark brown, 
faintly mottled with darker, the 
whole body, including fins, 
covered with points of clear 
yellow, those on the head close- 
set and minute, like needle 
points, but as large as a pin's 
head on the tail ; (middle of 
body with intricate markings 
of yellow in the form of linear 
. dashes according to Poey ; none 
shown on our specimen.) 
E LAB O RAT US, 26. 
