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Ophichthys marmoratus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 88. 

 Callechelys biteus Snyder, Bull. U.S. fish Comm. XXII. 1904, p. 517. — Jordan 



& Evermann, Bull. U.S. fish Comm. XXIII (1903) 1905, p. 86. 

 Ophichthys martnoraius Giinther, Fische d. Stidsee Heft IX. 1910, p. 404. 



Height 38; head 15 to more than 16, 8'/., — Q'/a i^i trunk, 

 head and trunk i^l^ times the length of the tail. Eye about 16, 

 twice in snout. Snout pointed, convex. Cleft of mouth narrow, 

 reaching behind eye, 3.4 — 4 times in length of head. Origin 

 of dorsal above angle of mouth, dorsal and anal of moderate 

 height, ending at a short distance from end of tail. Pectorals 

 none. Teeth pointed, recurved, uniserial ; biserial on vomer and 

 intermaxillary plate, the latter separated from the other teeth. 

 White with more or less crowded black spots or irregularly 

 marbled with brown and yellow. Length 868 mm. [Type of 

 the species in the British Museum seen by us]. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Siboga !). — Mauritius I, Pelew !, Molokai, 

 Sandwich Islands. 



In sea. 



3. Callechelys melanotaenia Blkr. 



Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 66. 

 Ophichthys melanotaenia Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 87. 

 Ophichthys melanotaenia Klunzinger, Abh. zool. botan. Ges. Wien XXI. 1 871, p. 612. 

 Callechelys ?nelanotaenia Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901, p. 865. 

 Ophichthys /nelanotaenia Giinther^ Fische d. Siidsee, Heft IX. 19 10, p. 403. 



Height 63 — 75; head i6'/2 — 20, 10 — 12^/4 in trunk; head and 

 trunk 2 '/a — 3 times the length of the tail. Eye 12 — 13; about 

 1^2 times in snout. Posterior nostrils below frontborder of eye, 

 anterior nostrils in a tube about equal to eye. Snout pointed, 

 convex. Cleft of mouth extending behind eye, 3 — 3 '/gin length 

 of head. Dorsal rather high, commencing above angle of mouth, 

 ending opposite to end of anal, at a distance from tip of tail 

 equal to cleft of mouth. Pectorals none. Teeth few in number, 

 pointed, recurved, uniserial, those on intermaxillary plate stouter 

 and biserial. Colour whitish, with a broad black band along 

 the upper part of the sides; head whitish marbled with dusky. 

 Dorsal with a black margin. Length 530 mm. [After Bleeker, 

 GiJNTHER, Klunzinger, Jordan & Snyder and a specimen 

 in the Leiden Museum seen by us]. 



Habitat: Ambon; Sangir Islands. — Red Sea, Mauritius, 

 Riu Kiu Islands, Lord Howe and Gilbert Islands. 



In sea. 



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