298 FISHES 



Family MUR.ENBSOCID^. 



Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan and BoUman. 



Collected at Green Turtle Cay in 1888, by Charles L. Edwards. Described 

 in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, 1888, p. 549. 



Family OPHICHTHYID.^S (Snake Eels). 



Sphagebranchus anguifoemis (Peters). 



Collected by Glover M. Allen and Thomas Barbour off Abaco, 1904, and 

 referred to in their " Narrative of a trip to the Bahamas," Cambridge, Mass., 

 Dec, 1904 ; privately printed. 



Verma kendalli Gilbert. 



A single species belonging to the family OphicMhyidm (snake eels), here- 

 tofore known only on the coast of Florida, was obtained by the Expedition at 

 Green Cay, June 30, 1903. 



Family MUR^jNID^ (Morays). 

 Lycodontis moringa Cuvier (Common Spotted Moray). 



This distinctly marked eel reaches a length of 3 feet. It has been found 

 in the West Indies and about Florida, ranging as far southward as Eio Janeiro 

 and St. Helena. In the middle of July, 1903, a specimen was taken by the 

 Expedition at Nassau. 



Lycodontis funebeis Eanzani (Black Moray). 



This eel is the largest of our American species, reaching a length of 6 

 feet or more and being noted for its extreme ferocity. It is common on both 

 of our coasts, from Florida Keys to Eio Janeiro and Gulf of California to 

 Panama. A specimen was obtained by the steamer Albatross at Nassau during 

 March, 1886. 



Echidna catenata Bloch. 



A form of the most highly specialized morays; small in size but generally 

 common in the West Indies and from Bermuda to Surinam. Collected by the 

 steamer Albatross at Abaco in March, 1886. 



