BY J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 721 



greater number of mandibular canines — prionodon 3, ocellatus 1 

 in each ramus — with some minor characters. 



I at one time thought that the species might prove to be 

 Schneider's G. wilsnni (see Gunther, Catal. Fish. viii. p. 93), but 

 his description is insufficient to determine the point with accuracy. 



Some of the anterior maxillary teeth being serrated, it falls 

 into Kaup's restricted genus Priodonophis, but as these serrations, 

 according to Jordan and Davis (Rep, U.S. Fish Comm. pp. 589 

 and 607, 1888) disappear with age, that genus becomes synonymous 

 with Gymnothorax. 



The length of the specimen is 322 millimetres. 



Type in the Australian Museum, Sydney. 



Register number, I, 3324. 



