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115993, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 1 specimen, 

 565 mm. 



115991, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 1 specimen, 350 mm. 



115990, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 1 specimen, 450 mm. 



Color in life of a specimen from Swains Island, chocolate-brown; 

 a scarlet-red eye, behind which is a purple-black blotch ; the margins 

 of dorsal, caudal, and anal fins posteriorly are bordered with orange, 

 especially brilliant on the caudal fin, 



GYMNOTHORAX SCHISMATORHYNCHUS (Bleeker) 



FiGUltE 4, c 



Muraena schisinalorhyiichus Bteekee, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 4, p. 301, 

 1853. 



116053, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12 to 20, 1939, 1 specimen, 212 mm. 



116054, Rose Island, reef 11-14, 1939, 1 specimen, 115 mm. 



51717 (tj-pe of Rhinamuraena critima Jordan aiul Seale), Samoa, Jordan and 

 Kellogg. 



GYMNOTHORAX FLAVIMARGINATA (Ruppell) 



Muraena flavinianjinuta RiippEix, Atlas zu der Reise im uordliclien Afrika, 

 Fische, p. 119, pi. 30, fig. 3, 1S28. 



116030, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 16 specimens, 81 to 

 340 mm. 



110033, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1930, 1 .specimen, 110 mm. 

 11G032, Tutuila Island, i-oef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 9 .specimens, 170 to 

 435 mm. 



116031, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1039, 1 specimen, 290 mm. 



116027, Canton Island, lagoon, May 25-26, 1939, 1 specimen, 430 mm. 

 116036, Canton Island, la.^'oon, May 23-25, 1939, 17 .specimens, 195 to 420 mm. 



116034, Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939, 6 specimens, 100 to 255 mm. 



116035, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 3 specimens, 

 190 to 290 mm. 



116028, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 1 specimen, 120 mm. 



116029, Hull Island, reef, July 12 to 15, 1939, 2 specimens, 85 to 100 mm. 

 118400, Apia, Samoa, W. H. Jones, 1 specimen. 



52213, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 

 52245, Apia, Samoa, Jord.'^u and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



GYMNOTHORAX JAVANICUS (Bleeker) 



Figure 4, f. 



Muraena javanieus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdsclir. Ned. Ind., vol. 19, p. 347, 1859; 

 Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 4, p. 95, pi. 179, fig. 2, 1864. 



11G005, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23-25, 1939, 4 specimens, 427 to 610 mm. 

 116006, Canton Island, lagoon. May 25-26, 1939, 1 specimen, 450 mm. 

 116004, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 1 specimen, 625 mm. 

 52316, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



