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627. Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani. Black moray; Morena verde. 



Tropical America; Rio Janeiro; West Indies. 



Murxna maculata nigra ct viridis (the moray) Catesby, Nat. Hist. 



Carolinas, etc., 1738, pi. 20, Bahamas. 

 Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, Nov. Com. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bonon., IV, 



1840, 76, Brazil. 

 Murasna lineopinnis Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, 1844, 



89, Puerto Cabello. 

 Mursena infernalis Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 347, 354, Cuba. 

 Thyrsoidea concolor Abbott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XII, 1860, 



479, Vera Cruz. 

 Murxna erebus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 426, Cuba. 



628. Gymnothorax castaneus (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of Mexico; common about Mazatlan; representing (f. 



funebris of the West Indies. 

 Sidera castanea Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1882, 



647, Mazatlan. 



629. Gymnothorax sanctae-helenae (Giinther). 



Tropical Atlantic; recorded from St. Helena and the Bermudas. 

 Murxna sanctae-helenx Giinther, Cat., VIII, 1870, 115, St. Helena. 



630. Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau). 



Tropical Atlantic, Cuba to Africa and Brazil. 



Murseno-phis vicina Castelnau, Anim. Ani6r. Sud, Poiss., 1855, 81, pi. 42, 



fig. 4, Bahia. 

 Gymnothorax versipundatus Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 156, Cuba. 

 Thyrosoidca maculipinnis Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 86, Gold Coast. 



631. Gymnothorax punctarenae Fowler. 



Puntarenas, Costa Rica, one specimen known. 



Gymnothorax punctareme Fowler, Copeia, No. 39, Jan. 24, 1917, 3, 

 Puntarenas, Costa Rica. 



632. Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols. 



Bermudas. 



Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXIII, 1920, 



59, Bermuda. 



633. Gymnothorax virescens Poey. 



Cuba. 



Gymnothorax virescens Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 156, Cuba. 



634. Gymnothorax polygonius Poey. 



Cuba. 



Gymnothorax polygonius Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., XI, 1870, 

 68, Habana. 



635. Gymnothorax dovii (Giinther). Morena pintita. 



Gulf of California to the Galapagos Archipelago. 

 Murxna dovii Gunther, Cat., VIII, 1870, 103, Panama. 

 Murxna pintita Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 

 346, Mazatlan. 



636. Gymnothorax conspersus Poey. 



Cuba to Rio Janeiro. 



Murxnophis punctata Castelnau, Anim. Am6r. Sud, 1855, 82, Rio 



Janeiro; not Gymnothorax punctatus Bloch. 

 Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, Repertorio, II, 1868, 259, Cuba. 



637. Gymnothorax jordani (Evermann and Marsh). 



Porto Rico. 



Lycondontis jordani Evermann and Marsh, Fish. Porto Rico, Bull. 



U. S. Fish Com., XX, 1900 (1902), pt. 1, 78, pi. 2; off Mayaguez, 



Porto Rico. 



638. Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup). 



West Indies. 



Thyrsoidea miliaris Kaup, Apodal Fishes, 1856, 90, Martinique. 



Murxna multocellata Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 324, Cuba; based on 



specimens with smaller spots than usual. 

 Gymnothorax scriptus Poey, Rei)ort()rio, II, 1868, 261, Cuba. 

 Murxna myrialeucostictus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LXIV, 



1912, 18, St. Martins, West Indies. 



