862 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi.xxni, 



21. MURAENICHTHYS OWSTONI Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Body iiiodei'iitely rohust, cylindrical, the depth H in head; head 2f 

 in trunk; head and trunk 1| in tail; eye 2 in snout; snout rather obtuse, 

 flattish a))ove, 5^ in head; cleft of mouth 3 in head, extending well 

 l)eyondeye; teeth mostly hiserial; gill opening smaller than e^^e. Dor- 

 sal inserted nearer gill opening than vent at a distance equal to 1| 

 times length of head in front of vent; dorsal and anal well developed 

 on tail, the highest ra\'s two-thirds length of snout, much higher than 



Fig. U.— MURAENICHTHYS OWSTONI. 



those on back. Lateral line running high, continuous, about 45 pores 

 before \ent, little curved above throat; top of head with about 9 pores 

 regularly arranged. 



Color uniform chestnut r)r()wii, darker alxn'c and scarcely dotted; 

 belly and tins paler, but of similar shade. 



Here describt'd from a specimen, U inches long, obtained by Mr. 

 Alan Owston. at Yaeyama Island, one of the Ishigaki group in the 

 southern pai't of the Riukiu Archipelago in Japan. Type No. (5472, 

 Leland Stanford Junior Unixersity Museum; a smaller specimen was 

 taken at the same time. 



This species is c^lose to 3fttrac/iie/it/ii/s Duu'ropterii^ from Amboyna 

 and Solor, l)ut has stouter bod}', larger tins, and the dorsal inserted a 

 little farther forward. 



Named for Mr. Alan Owston, of Yokohama, a well-known English 

 naturalist and collector, discoverer of the species. 



22. MURAENICHTHYS HATTy^ Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Body elongate, siibcylindrical, the depth 4 in head; head 2| in trunk; 

 head and trunk Xh in tail; (\ye 2 in snout; snout short, blunt, 7^ in head; 



Fl(i. 12.— MURAKNKHTHYS HATT.K. 



cleft of mouth 4 in head, extending far behind 63^9; dorsal inserted in 

 front of vent at a distance etpial to three-tenths length of head. Lat- 

 eral line little curved at throat, with .54 pores before vent. Color 

 brownish, with tine dots above; vertical tins dusky behind. 



