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 4- Callechelys filaria (Gthr.). 



Ophichthys filaria Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. X. 1872, p. 425. — 

 Brenchley's Cruise of the "Curagoa" 1873, p. 428. — Fische d. Siidsee, Heft 

 IX. 1 9 10, p. 404. 



Extremely elongate, height about 120, 4'/? times in head; 

 head 21 times in length, one-ninth or one-tenth of trunk, head 

 and trunk somewhat longer than tail. Eye small, more than 

 twice in snout, nearer to angle of mouth than to point of snout. 

 Snout pointed, projecting beyond mouth. Anterior nostrils with 

 a small tube., posterior nostrils on the inner side of the lip 

 below the frontmargin of the eye. Cleft of mouth of moderate 

 width, extending to some distance behind the eye. Dorsal 

 commencing midway between the gillopenings and the eye; 

 dorsal and anal about half as high as the body. Pectorals 

 reduced to a minute filament, about as long as the eye. Teeth 

 acute, uniserial, the hindermost in the maxillaries biserial, on 

 the intermaxillary plate 3 teeth in a triangle, widely separated 

 from the other teeth. Coloration uniform. Length over 600 mm. 

 [Type of the species in the British Museum seen by us]. 



Habitat: Misol Island!. — Samoa!. 



4. Cirrhimuraena Kaup. 



(Kaup, Cat. Apodal Fish 1856, p. 27). 



Fig. 134. Ciirhiijiuracna cliinc/isis Kaup. Upper figure and end of tail X 2- 

 Lower figure: anterior part of head to show the labial cirrhi X 4- 



