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at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, along with two paratj'pes measuring 

 78 and 93 mm. (U. S. N. M. No. 115973) . One additional paratype 

 (U. S. N. M. No. 115974) was taken on the reef of Tutuila Island by 

 L. P. Schultz at Alof au, June 3, 1939 ; it measures 81 mm. 



Description. — (Based on the holotype and three paratypes, respec- 

 tively, as listed above. Measurements for the paratypes are enclosed 

 in parentheses and all measurements are in millimeters, the propor- 

 tions from these were computed and are presented in the key on page 

 49.) Total length 104 (78; 93; 81); greatest depth 2.8 (2.2; 2.0; 

 1.6) ; length of head 11.2 (8.2; 9.5; 8.5) ; distance from tip of snout to 

 anus 45 (32.0; 38.8; 35.5) ; distance from tip of snout to origin of 

 dorsal fin 50 (36; 44; 47) ; length of snout 2.3 (1.2; 1.2; 1.5) ; length 

 of mouth (tip of snout to rictus) 3.1 (1.5; 2.4; 2.2); diameter of 

 eye 0.5 (0.3; 0.3; .03) ; length of tail 59 (45.5) ; distance from front 

 of eye to rictus 0.8 (0.4; 0.5; 0.5). 



Tip of snout acute, flattish on ventral surface, much projecting 

 beyond tip of lower jaw, the projecting part of the snout equal to 

 diameter of the eye; anterior nostrils tubular, located on under side 

 of snout opposite front of lower jaw, the tip of the lower jaw reaches 

 in front of base of anterior nostrils; posterior nostrils in upper lip, 

 their opening under front of eye ; 3 pairs of pores on upper surface 

 of the snout; another pair of pores on top of head at rear of eye 

 and a single median one on top of head just behind eyes; a pore 

 close behind upper part of each eye; each upper lip with two pores 

 behind eye one under the eye and three in front of the eye (one of 

 these in front of anterior nostril) ; lower jaw with five pairs of pores; 

 gill openings located a little closer to the ventral side of the body 

 than the lateral line. 



Color in alcohol pale brownish. 



Remarks. — This new species differs from other members of the 

 genus Muraenichthys in combining the acutely projecting snout, 

 flattish on the ventral surface, with a narrow band of two or three 

 irregular rows of teeth on maxillar}', vomer, and front of dentary, 

 with the origin of the dorsal about I/2 to 1 head length behind the anus 

 and the front of the eye behind the middle of the mouth. 



Named forderi in honor of Henry W. Fowler, of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, who has published more than 

 anyone else on the fishes of Oceania. 



MURAENICHTHYS SCHULTZEI Sleeker 



FiGXJKE 5, d 

 Muraenichthys schultzei Bleekeb, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 1.3, p. 3G6. 1857, 



11.5986, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 1 specimen, 102 mm. 

 115987, Canton Island, reef of widest shallow channel, May 13, 1939, 1 

 specimen, 106 mm. 



