13 



F'lstnlaria villosa Max Weber & dc Berxufort, Zoul. Mededeelingen, Museum 

 Leiden VI. 1921. p. 64. 



D. 13—15; A. 13—15; P. 1. 14— 1. 16; V. 6. 



Skin rough with spinelets, feeling harsh Hke very fine shagreen. 

 A single median row of very narrow somewhat keeled and 

 more or less distant scales along the back, from about the 

 level of the ventrals to the base of the dorsal and behind it 

 to some distance from the end of the tail; a similar but less 

 conspicuous row, beginning at some .-^ns 



distance in front of the ventrals 

 and running to some distance from 

 caudal, interrupted by the anus and 

 anal. These scales are not yet 

 developed in small specimens (i/O 

 mm. Jungersen) '). Height to 38 

 times in length (without caudal fila- 

 ment); somewhat less than width of 

 body. Head 2.5—3.5 times in length ^ 

 (without caudal filament). Horizontal 

 diameter of eye 11 to 12 times in 

 head, 8.5 to nearly 9 times in length 

 of snout and about tvyfce longer 

 than interorbital space, which is ^ 

 deeply concave. Lateral edge of snout 

 (formed by praefrontal and upper 

 margin of metapterygoid) sharply 

 serrated. The 2 median ridges on Fig- 5- Fistularia villosa Klunz. 

 upper surface of snout not far distant ^>P^^" ^^<^^^ of praedorsal part. 



(/dorsal, vis median dorsal scales, 



and parallel on anterior half of its ^ spinelets. X 4- 



length, finally and slowly converging 



anteriorly. Posterior part of head more deeply sculptured and 

 all the ridges rougher. Height of dorsal and anal about twice 

 the horizontal diameter of the eye. Colour brownish above, 

 white below, sometimes with faint traces of broad crossbars. 

 Tips of dorsal, anal and caudal dusky. Young specimens in 

 alcohol uniform light brown. Length till 1500 mm. 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra!; Borneo!; Java Sea!; Madura!; 

 Sumbawa!; Timor (Kupang!); Saleyer ! ; Siau Island!; Kajoa!; 

 Ambon ! ; Ternate ; Batjan ; Ceram ! ; Damar Island ! ; Kur Island ! ; 



l) Jungersen, Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrifter. Kobenhavn 7. R. Afd. VIII. 5 

 1910, p. 282. 



