82 THE SHORE FISHES. 



Muraena lentiginosa Jentns. 

 Zool. Voy. Beagle. Fish, 1842, pt. 4, p. 143. 



A single example No. 3374, 17 inghes long from Acapulco. 



Teeth uniserial in both jaws; one large, fang-like tooth on vomer anteriorly; 

 a single row of small, sharp teeth on palate. Both Bleeker and Giinther state 

 that the teeth are biserial or uniserial according to the age of the individual, and 

 that the teeth on the palate are sometimes entirely lost with age. 



Anterior and posterior nasal tubes of our specimen are moderate, posterior 

 slightly the longer; eye 2.16 in snout; snout 1.92 in gape. 



General color in alcohol : — dark yellowish brown, covered with yellowdsh 

 spots of various sizes, both body and fins thus colored, largest spots about f 

 diameter of eye, all surrounded by a ring of black. 



Gynmotboraz dovii (Gunther). 



Snodgrass & Heller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1905, 6, p. 348. 

 Muraena dovii Gunther, Cat., 1870, 8, p. 103. 



Specimens, No. 3170, 2b\, 3171, 16, 3200, M. C. Z. 29663, 15, 3201, M. C. Z. 

 29640, 17 inches long from Cook Bay, Easter Island. 



Teeth in No. 3170 are in a single series on sides of both jaws; same on vomer; 

 in front of this row on vomer is a single long fang-like tooth, there being quite 

 a space between the tooth and the end of the row; eye 2.5 in snout; snout 2 in 

 gape. 



General color dark brown; the entire specimen thickly covered with small 

 yellow spots interspersed with larger black ones, giving it a speckled appearance; 

 anal with a narrow margin of yellow; dorsal margin yellow only where the spots 

 touch the margin. 



In No. 3171 the teeth are biserial on the sides of upper jaw, and uniserial 

 in lower jaw; anteriorly in the upper jaw there are two transverse rows of three 

 fang-like teeth each; eye 1.83 in snout; snout 2.36 in gape. 



General color similar to above, except posteriorly. The spots on body and 

 fins are somewhat larger; no distinct pale margins to the fins; on the belly the 

 yellow spots are finer and more or less coalescent, giving a rivulated appearance. 



In 3200, M. C. Z. 29663, the teeth are similar to those in No. 3171; eye 2 in 

 snout; snout 2.22 in gape. 



Coloration similar to No. 3171, except that the spots are distinct on the 

 belly and do not give the rivulated appearances; on the fins, the spots are a 



