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Family SYNODONTID.^. 



SAURIDA Cvivier and Valenciennes. 

 9. SAURIDA BADl (Cuvier). 



One spechneu was secured. Kye^, well veihnl hy the adipose mem- 

 brane. Scales, ;-)*,). Snout rather blunt. This s})ecies seems to ditiVr 

 from Sanrtda tidnh/l (Bloch) in the large adipose eyelid and the 

 absence of dark ci'oss bands. 



Family MYKID.F:. 



MURyENlCHTHYS Bleeker. 



10. MUR/ENICHTHYS MACROPTERUS Bleeker. 



Two small specimens were secured. 



Family MUR.ENID.E. 



GYMNOTHORAX Bloch. 

 II. GYMNOTHORAX PUNCTATO-FASCIATUS Bleeker. 



Two specimens correspond! no- fairly to Bleeker's tigure, one speci- 

 men darker and with slightly ])roader cross-bands than the other. 



12. GYMNOTHORAX PICTUS (Ahl). 



One specimen of this species was secured. 



UROPTERYGIUS Ruppell. 

 13. UROPTERYGIUS CONCOLOR Ruppell. 



Tail one-tifth longer than rest of the body. Color a uniform warm 

 reddish brown. 



A single small specimen was secured. 



ECHIDNA Forster. 

 14. ECHIDNA NEBULOSA (Ahl). 



One specimen of the common moray was secured. 



15. ECHIDNA DELICATULA (Kaup). 



Head and body anterioily iinely dotted Avith dark brown. General 

 color brown. Bleeker's figure of E. iJeJlcatuId represents this species 

 fairly. That of ^. anihhjodon apparently represents a different species. 

 E. hishtnouyei Jordan and Snyder, from Okinawa, Kiiikiu Islands, 

 seems to be identical with h\ dclicataJa. 



