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Muraena lampra Jenkins, Bull. U.S. fish Comm. XXII (1902) 1904, p. 423. 



Muraena kauila Jenkins, Ibid. p. 424. 



Muraena kailuae Snyder, Ibid. p. 518. — Jordan & Everinann, Ibid. XXI II. 



(1903) 1905, p. 88. 

 Muraena kailuae Jordan & Seale, Bull. U.S. Bur. fish. XXV. (1905) 1906, p. 196. 

 Mtiraena pardalis Giinther, Fische d. Siidsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 408. 



Height 9 — 16; head about 6'/2 to /'/^^ twice to 2.4 in trunk. 

 Tail a little longer than head and trunk. Eye 8'/2 to 11, 

 2 — 2'/2 times in snout, situated slightly behind middle of cleft 

 of mouth, which goes about 2'/, times or somewhat less in 

 length of head, is horizontal and not closing completely. Origin of 



P"ig. 177. Muraena (Muraena) pardalis Schleg. (After Bleeker). 



b q 



|0 



cO 0° 

 .0 



o 



dorsal before gillopenings, which are horizontal and not much 

 wider than the eye. Teeth in maxillaries, mandibularies and 

 on intermaxillary plate in young specimens in two series, which 

 fuse into each other with age, constituting a single series of 



large, caniniform teeth with 

 small intermediate teeth. Two to 

 three teeth on the centre of the 

 intermaxillary plate are depres- 

 sible fangs as also some of the 

 peripheral series. On vomer 

 7 — 10 rather small teeth in a 

 single series, which may decrease 

 in number with age. Dark brown, 

 clouded with darker; every- 

 where covered with numerous 

 round, whitish or yellowish-dark 

 edged ocelli, partly confluent 

 and larger on the lower parts. 

 Lower jaw with light and dark 

 crossbars. Length 760 mm. [Type of the species and a specimen 

 of Bleeker's collection in the Leiden Museum seen by us]. 



»l 7' VI Did 



Fig. 178. Dentition of Muraena 



(Muraena) pardalis Schleg. a inter 



maxillary ; ;;/ maxillary ; iiid mandibu 



lary; v vomerine teeth, nat. size. 



