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reaches one eyediameter behind eye. Origin of dorsal some- 

 what behind that of anal. Teeth 

 •''o° 0°ili- small, acicular, of equal size on jaws 



«!\°°f°{°o ^t"" °f°l. ^"^ vomer, where they form rather 



^w" °ol °°S, if °ll broad, equally long bands; those on 

 4" o°o ^). f/ % intermaxillary plate somewhat larger, 



TIT, o^' ^ '' ' ^" ^ circular group. Colour of alcohol 



'^ ^^ specimens yellowish brown. Length 



Fig. 124. Dentition of Mit/ae- , ^„ mm 

 nichthvs schullzei Blkr. a teeth it -i ■ , , ^ ,^r u n \ 



,. - .„ , ., Habitat: Java (Karangbollong ; 



of intermaxulary plate, m maxil- ^ 



, 7 j-u 1 Ambon!; South coast of Tmior! 



lary, ind mannibulary, v vome- ' 



rine teeth. (pelagic). — Funafuti; Andaman Is- 



lands, Red Sea. 

 On coralreefs and near shore. 



6. Muraenichthys macrostomus Blkr. 



Mviacnichlhys macrostomus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. II. 1864 — 65, p. 38. — 



Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 33. 

 Muraenichthys macrostomus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 53. 

 Muraenichthys macrostomus Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 191 3, p. 46. 



Height 27 — 30; head about 8; head and trunk less than 1V2 

 times in length of tail. Eye small, less than twice in snout, 

 situated before middle of cleft of mouth. Origin of dorsal 



opposite to that of anal '). 



6 =a i^Vo o o p*o o oi n o Teeth conical, recurved, in the 



i jaws in a single series, on the 



1-.:,:::lX^^^^^^j£^_:^^ intermaxillary plate forming a 



17- , . ^,r • i,/ . group, on the vomer rather 



rig. 125. Muraenichlliys macrostomus ° ^' 



Blkr. X 4- ^^^ "^ number, in 2 series. 



Colour of alcohol specimens 

 yellowish brown. Length 225 mm. 



Habitat: Ambon! (on sandy bottom); Bay of Noimini, 

 South coast of Timor ! (pelagic). 



7. Muraenichthys huysmani (M. Web.). 



Sphagebranchus Huysmani Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 48. 



Height 38; head 8, 2'/.2 times in trunk; head and trunk nearly 

 ^/,f, shorter than tail. Eyes about 15, 2/'.^ times in snout, which 



l) In our specimens the dorsal is less high than the anal but otherwise well 

 developed even at its origin and not rudimentary as in the single specimen 

 described by Bleeker and Gunther. 



