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43. SPHAGEBRANCHUS ANGUIFORMIS. 
Ophiehthys ( Sphagebranchus ) anguiformis Peters, Monat. Kon. Akad. Wise., 849, 
1876 (open Atlantic). 
Habitat: Atlantic Ocean, 15° 40' V N., 23° 5' 8" W. 
Etymology: Anguis, the slow*worrn ; from Latin, anguis , snake. 
This doubtful species is known only from the account given by 
Peters. It is very likely identical with S. acutirostris. 
44. SPHAGEBRANCHUS SELACHOPS. 
Apterichihys selackops Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 356, 1882 (Cape 
San Lucas). 
Ichthyapus selackops Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 369, 1885; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. 
A., 52, 1885. 
Habitat : Cape San Lucas. 
Etymology : leXa/r), shark ; o(J>, face. 
This species is thus far known from the rocks about Cape San Lucas. 
Two specimens lately obtained by Dr. Gilbert in that locality are 
before us. 
45. SPHAGEBRANCHUS ACUTIROSTRIS. 
? Sphagebranchus rosiratus Bloch, Ichth., ix, 88, tab. 419, f. 2, 1795 (Surinam). 
Ichlhyapus acutirostris Barneville, Rev. Zool. 219, 1847 (open Atlantic); Kaup, Apodes, 
29, 1856 (copied). 
Opkichthys acutirostris Gunther, vm, 90, 1870 (copied). 
Habitat: Open sea under the equator. 
Etymology: Acutus , sharp; rostrum , snQut. 
This species is known only from a single specimen taken in the open 
Atlantic. This is very likely the same as the poorly figured Sphage- 
branchus rostratus of Bloch. 
46. SPHAGEBRANCHUS ROSTRATUS. 
Sphagebranchus rostratus Bloch, Ichthyologia, ix, 88, pi. 419 (Surinam) ; Bloch & 
Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 535, tab. 103, 1801 (copied). 
Habitat: West Indian Fauna. 
Etymology: Rostratus , long-nosed. 
This species is known only from the description and figure of Bloch. 
It is perhaps the same as S. acutirostris of Barneville. 
47. SPHAGEBRANCHUS KENDALL! 
Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1891 (coast of Florida) 
Habitat: Gulf of Mexico. 
Etymology : Named for Mr. Kendall, who obtained the species. 
This species is known from one specimen 7 inches long, dredged by 
the U. S. Fish Commission schooner Grampus , at station 5080, off the 
coast of Florida. It is well distinguished from S. selackops (the only 
