893 
Scytallchthys JORDAN and DAVIS, Rep. U. S. Fish Comm,, 
pt. 16, 1888 (1892), p, 634, Type Qjshlcbthy s mlurus 
JORDAN and GILBERT, virtually monotyplc. 
Snout short. Eyes more or less superior. Mouth large. 
Lips not fringed. Teeth unequal, some as long canines either 
on vomer or on sides of one or both Jaws. Vomerine teeth 
small and fixed. Tall little longer than rest of body. Dor¬ 
sal begins more or lees behind gill opening. Anal present. 
Pectoral well developed. 
Species few, darkly spotted, differing from Ophichthus 
chiefly by the presence of large canines. 
