14 BULLETIN 18 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



MYRICHTHYS COLUBRINUS (Boddaert) 



FiciiTKE 2, a 

 Muraena coluhrina Boddaeibt, Nene Nord. Beytr., vol. 2, p. 5G, ]\\. 2, fig. 3, 1781. 



115938, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofaii, June 3, 1939, 4 specimens, 221 to 513 

 mm. 



52518, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 speciuaen. 



52275, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



43114 (rear half of a specimen), Samoan Islands, A. B. Steinberger. 



MYRICHTHYS MACULOSUS (Cuvier) 



Figure 2, d 



Muraena maculosa Cwier, Regne animal, vol. 2, p. 232, 1817 (on Ophisurns ophis 

 part, Laeepede, Histoiro naturelle des poissons, vol. 2, pp. 195, 196, pi. G. 

 fig. 2, 1800). 



115935, Canton Island, lagoon, May 23-25, 1939, 2 specimens, 300 and 480 mm. 



115936, Enderbury Island, reef. May 15-19, 1939, 2 specimens, 156 and 197 mm. 



115937, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 3 specimens 320 to 410 mm. 



Genus CALLECHELYS Kaup 



Callcchehjs Kaup, Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British 

 Museum, p, 51, 1856. (Type, C. guiclienoU Kaup.) 



CALLECHELYS MELA.NOTAENIA Bleeker 



Figurb: 2, t 



Callechelys mcUinotaenia Blbh^keb, Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 4, p. 66, pi. 193, 

 fig. 2, 1864. 



115939, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 13, 1939, 1 specimen, 595 mm. 

 This eel emerged from coral gravel in about a foot of water at low tide. 



CALLECHELYS MARMORATUS (Bleeker) 



Figure 2, e 



Dalophis marmorata Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Muraen.), vol. 25, p. 37, 

 1853. 



115942, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 2 specimens, 450 and 

 525 nun. 



115941, Tutuila Island, reef at Pagai, June 4, 1939, L. P. Schultz and Frank 

 Taiga, 2 specimens, 472 and 478 nmi. 



Genus LEIURANUS Bleeker 



Leiuranus Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Muraen.), vol. 25, p. 36, 1853. 

 (Type, L. lacepcdci Bleeker.) 



LEIURANUS SEMICINCTUS (Lay and Bennett) 



Figure 2, & 



Ophisurus semicinctus Lay and Bennett, The zoology of Captain Beechey's 

 voyage, p. 66, pi. 20, fig. 4, 1839. 



115945, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 2 specimens, 211 and 377 mm. 



115943, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 60 specimens, 114 to 

 285 mm. 



