Fishes of the South Pacific. 7 



Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & Schneider. 

 {3/i(ra:iia tessellata Richardson.) 



One specimen, No. 1079 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Gymnothorax tenebrosus (Richardson). 



One specimen, No. 1539 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 



Gymnothorax zonipectis Scale, new species. - ^^r^ 



Depth 2 in head; head 3.50 in distance between vent and tip 

 of snout; vent is nearer to tip of snout than to tip of tail by a dis- 

 tance equal to head; snout rather elongate, 4 in head; eye 2 in 

 snout; interorbital space slightly greater than eye; tubes of ante- 

 rior nostrils equal in length to eye; top of head wide and flat; the 

 middle width and depth of snout equal; the head broadens rapidly 

 from posterior margin of orbital; lower jaw from tip to angle 2_in 

 head; the jaw curved and cannot be completely closed; a single 

 row of sharp pointed teeth in each jaw, 14 on each side of each 

 jaw; long sharp depressible teeth on vomer; a row of dull blunt 

 teeth on palate; no scales; no pectoral fins. 



Color in spirits, a light bistre brown; two rows oMendritic black 

 spots along the sides, about 4S of these spots in each row; just 

 above and below these spots are short black bands which extend 

 through the fins and connect with its fellow of the opposite side; 

 head mottled and flecked with white and brown; a white band ex- 

 tending from lower posterior margin of e3'e to above the angle of 

 the jaws; another short white line from upper posterior margin of 

 eye back, and up, over the sides of head; throat and under jaw 

 with six white cross bands. 



One specimen from Tahiti. Length i8in. No. 1362* (Fig. i.) 

 B. M. 



Gymnothorax nubilus (Richardson). 



This species has a single series of sharp-pointed flat teeth, 12 

 on each side of the jaws; a single row of small blunt teeth on pal- 

 ate, no teeth on vomer or palatine. 



Color in spirits, a light bisire brown, with irregular dark brown 

 blotches more or less confluent into bands which extend upon fins; 

 no dark spot at gill openings; anal fin with a distinct white band 

 along the margin, the width of the band being a third of the fin; 

 angle of mouth with a brown spot, in front of which is a white 

 blotch; under part of chin whitish. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1364 and 1365 B. M., from Tahiti, 

 Society Ids. 



Gymnothorax tahitensis Scale, new species. 



Depth 1.50 in head; head 3.20 in length in front of vent; the 

 length of body less than tail by a distance equal to two-thirds the 

 length of head; eye 8 in head, 1.75 in snout, it is slightly nearer 



