42 BULLETIN 180, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



GYMNOTHORAX PICTA (Ahl) 



Figure 5, h 



Muraena picta Ahl, Specimen iehthyologicum de Muraena et Opbichtho, p. S, 

 1789 (on Riippell). 



116999, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 1 specimen, 450 mm. 

 116998, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23-25, 1939, 2 specimens, 255 to 270 mm. 



116000, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 3 specimens, 330 to 675 mm. 

 116003, Hull Island, channel, July 7-17, 1939, 1 specimen, 345 mm. 

 116997, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 2 specimens, 525 to 500 mm. 

 116002, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 3 specimens, 445 to 



635 mm. The 445-mm. female contains nearly ripe eggs. 



116008, Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939, 16 specimens, 85 to 560 mm. 

 Several ripe females observed on this reef, one with eggs flowii^.g from ihe 

 vent. 



116001, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 6 specimens, 270 to 

 550 mm. 



116007, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939. 3 specimens, 510 to 575 mm. 



52536, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



52508, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



52236 (identified by Jordan and Seale as G. favugineus but referred to this 

 species with uncertainty), length 108 mm., Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and 

 Kellogg. 



GYMNOTHORAX RICHARDSONI (Blceker) 



Muraena richardsoni Bleekek, Nat. Tijdschr Ned. Ind., vol. 3, p. 296, 1852 : 

 Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 4, p. 100, pi. 186, fig. 2, 18G4. 



116055, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 1 specimen, 187 mm. 

 52453, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



GYMNOTHORAX RUPPELLI (McClelland) 



DalopMs rupelliae McClelland, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 213, 1845 

 (on Riippell). 



116026, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 6 specimens, 118 to 305 

 mm. 



116025, Canton Island, lagoon, May 23-25, 1939, 2 specimens, 132 and 295 mui. 

 116024, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 1 specimen, 315 mm. 



GYMNOTHORAX PETELLI (BIcekcr) 



Muraena petelli Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 11, p. 84, 1856. 



116064, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 17 specimens, 60 to 525 mm. 



1160G6, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 1 specimen. 111 mm. 



116068, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 2 specimens, 181 and 

 265 mm. 



116067, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25 to 28, 1939, 15 specimens, 94 to 

 180 mm. 



116063, Hull Island, channel, July 7-17, 1939, 1 specimen, 99 mm. 



1160()2, Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939 1 specimen, 179 nnu. 



116005, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 7 specimens, 53 to 

 198 mm. 



116061, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 6 specimens, 320 to 588 mm. 



52319, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 



