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Apodal Fishes of Bengal. 



Ophisurus minimus. Nob. 

 t. X./.3. 



Ophisurus vermiformis, Nob. 

 t. xii ./. 2. 



Muzzle short and narrow, eyes placed 

 near each other toward the crown ; 

 branchial membrane contains 24 

 rays. Tail sharp and tapering. 



Hab. — Bengal. 



("Long narrow slender body, termina- 

 ting behind in a long conical round 



', pointed-tail. Rostrum long and 

 <> pointed, under jaw terminating in a 



I narrow point. Pectorals long and 

 contain 1 1 rays. 



[_Hab. — Bengal. 



VI. Gen. — Ophithorax, Nob. 

 Pectoral fins very small, so as to be scarcely perceptible. 



Ophithorax ophis. 

 Ophisurus ophis, Lacep. 



Ophithorax colubrina. 

 Murcenophis Colubrina, Lacep. 

 t. v. p. 642. xix. /. 1 . 



Ophithorax imberbis. 

 Sphagebranchus imberbis Loaoach < 

 An. du. mus. xiii. 25./. 18. 



f Dorsal fin broad, anal narrow, body 

 I and dorsal covered with large round 

 J spots. Pectoral fins very minute. 

 V, Hab. — Seas of Europe. 



{Fifteen transverse bands. Pectoral 

 fins almost imperceptibly small. 

 Hab. — New England. 



rBody elongated and nearly cylin- 

 dric, tail compressed. Dorsal fin 

 more elevated in front than to- 

 wards the end of the tail, and is 

 contained in a fissure in the back : 

 the anal fin is parallel throughout, 

 and is contained in a fissure in the 

 tail. The tail is equal to half the 

 length of the body. The eyes are 



1 very small and situated near the 

 extremity of a narrow muzzle. 



(^ Hab. — Mediterranean. 



III. Fam.— MVRMmDJE. Nob. 

 No trace of pectoral fins. The branchial rays long and 

 filiform, anterior apertures of the nostrils tubular. 



VII. Gen. — Dalophis, Rafinesq. 



Branchial apertures placed under the throat. Dorsal and 

 anal terminating before they reach the end of the tail which 

 is naked. Dorsal begins near the. branchial apertures. 



