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Hatvaiian Fishes 



This eel is widely distributed. It is found from the East Indies eastward 

 to the Society Islands, along the coast of China and Japan, at Guam, the 

 Line Islands, and the Hawaiian Islands. 



The Spotted Snake Eel or Puhi Laau 



33-2 Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier) 



This eel measures about two feet 

 in length and is described as a light 

 olive color in alcohol with round 

 brown spots on the body. The fins 

 have a narrow white margin. 



This eel is widely distributed. It 

 is found from the Red Sea and 

 Madagascar through the East Indies, 

 New Guinea, Fiji, Polynesia, Guam, 



and the Hawaiian Islands. Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



Marbled Snake Eel 



33-3 Callechelys marmorams (Bleeker) 



This eel is whitish in color and is 

 speckled and blotched with brownish 

 black. It reaches a length of two feet 

 and is known to swim at the surface 

 of the water. 



This fish is known from Mauretius 

 eastward through the East Indies, 

 Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia 

 as far northward as the Hawaiian Islands 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



Snake Eel 



33-4 O p hie h thus calamus Gunther 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermann 



