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ously longer. Colour of alcohol specimens yellowish brown. 

 Length 135 mm. [Type of the species in the Zoological Museum 

 of Amsterdam]. 



Habitat: Obi major!; South coast of Timor!. (On reefs 

 and pelagic). 



A female specimen of 103 mm. length was already ripe. 



4. Muraenichthys gymnotus Blkr. 



Muraenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-neerl. II. 1857, Achtste 



Bijdr. vischfauna Ambon, p. 90. Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 33. 

 Muraenichthys gymnotus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 53. 

 Muraenichthys gymnotus Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien XXI. 1871, p. 608. 



Height 32 44; head 10.5 n. Head and trunk somewhat 

 less than tail. Eye 12 13, more than twice in snout. Cleft of 

 mouth extending slightly behind eye. Dorsal very low, be- 

 ginning above or even somewhat behind anus. Teeth conical, 

 those of the jaws posteriorly uni-, anteriorly pluriserial. Vome- 

 rine teeth uniserial, about ten; on the intermaxillary plate 6 7 

 somewhat larger ones forming a circle or semi-circle. Colour 

 yellowish gray. Length 170 mm. [After BLEEKER and KLUN- 

 ZINGER, not seen by us]. 



Habitat: Ambon. Red Sea 1 ). 



5. Muraenichthys schultzei Blkr. 



Muraenichthys Sclmltzei Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie XIII. 1857, p. 366. 



Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 33. 



Muraenichthys schultzii Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 52. 

 Muraenichthys Schultzei Day, Fish. India 4. 1878 1888, p. 663. 

 Muraenichthys Schultzei Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 45. 



Height 20 26; head somewhat more than 7; head and trunk 



Fig. 123. Muraenichthys schiiltzei Blkr. X 4- 



i ! / 2 times in length of tail. Eye about 12, one and a half times 

 in snout; situated behind middle of cleft of mouth, which 



i) McCuLLOCH (Zool. Results "Endeavour" I. 1911, p. 21) says: "It is very 

 probable that the specimen from Port Jackson which GUNTHER (CHALLENGER 

 Report 1880, p. 30) doubtfully identified as M. gymnotus Blkr., is not that 

 species but is M. australis" . 



