THE 
PUNCTATED OPHICEPHALUS. 
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Generic Character. 
Head coated with diflimilar feales. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Pale-brown OPHICEPHALUS, fpeckled with 
black points. 
Spotted OPHICEPHALUS, or pundtulated fnake- 
head. 
Der punddrte Schlangenkopf. 
Bloch, ichth. 10. pi. 358. 
The pundtated Ophicephalus is principally found 
in the rivers and lakes of India, and is commonly 
about a foot or a foot and a half in length. The 
genus Ophicephalus was firft inftituted by the cele¬ 
brated Dr. Bloch. 
