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OpJiisurus alternans Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie I. 1824, p. 243. 



Ophisunis fasciatns Richardson, Zoology of the Voy. Erebus & Terror, 1S44, p. 100. 



Opliisurus colubrinus Richardson, Ibid. p. 100. 



Ophisiirus colubrinus Bleaker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indiii XI. 1856, p. 106. 



Pisoodonophis fasciaius Kaup, Cat. Apodal Fish, 1856, p. 23. 



Ophisurtis fasciatus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 64. 



Op/iisurus fasciahis Kner, Novara Exp. I. Fische 1865 — 1S67, p. 379. 



Opliichthys colubrinus Gilnther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 81. 



Ophichtliys colubrinus Klunzinger, Abhandl. zool. hot. Ges.Wien XXI. 1871, p. 61 1. 



Ophichthys colubrinus Day, Fishes of India 4°. 1878 — 1888, p. 665. 



Ophichtliys naja de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales 1884, p. 455. 



Chlcvastcs colubrinus Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901, p. S67. 



Ophichthus colubrinus Seale, Occas. Papers Bernice Tanahi Bishop Mus. I. no. 3, 



1901, p. 62. 

 Chlevastes colubrinus Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXV. 1906, p. 195. 

 Clile7iastes fasciatus Jordan & Seale, Ibid. p. 195. 



Ophichtliys colubrinus Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 401. 

 Chlevastes' elaps P'owler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia LXIV. 191 2, p. 13. 



Height 52 — 66; head about 18 — 20, /Va — 9 times in trunk. 

 Eye 10 — 14; 2'7'2 times in snout. Brownish white, with 26 to 

 more than 30 black or brown rings, about as wide as the 

 interspaces and extending on the fins. Tip of snout and tip of 

 tail whitish. Length over 900 mm. 



In the variety semicincta Bleeker the rings are ventrally 

 not closed, /. r •'' . \ ;^ 



In the variety ocnlata Bleeker or fasciata Giinther the rings 

 are much narrower than the interspaces, which contain a pair 

 of brown ocellated spots, one above the other. 



In the variety elaps Fowler, the broad interspaces contain 

 I to 5 brown spots or blotches. 



Distribution: Sumatra (Priaman) ; Nias !; Borneo ; Celebes 

 (Menado); Flores; Savu !; Timor; Buru; Ambon; Nusa Laut!; 

 Banda; Ceram ; Gisser!; Batjan; Ternate ; Schouten Islands 

 (Mysore); New Guinea (Humboldt Bay!, West-New Guinea!); 

 Cocos (Keeling) Islands. — Red Sea; Zanzibar; Mauritius; 

 Andaman Islands; Philippines; Japan; Riu-Kiu Islands; West 

 Pacific Islands to Tahiti ; New Zealand (Auckland). 



In sea, on coralreefs and near shore. 



3. Callechelys Kaup. 



(Kaui', Cat. Apodal fish 1S56, p. 28). 



Much elongate, cylindrical. Anus behind or much behind 

 middle of length. Origin of dorsal above angle of mouth or 



