reaches one eyediameter behind eye. Origin of dorsal some- 

 what behind that of anal. Teeth 



'ojo a $?& small, acicular, of equal size on jaws 



<o > f> 3$ v. anc * vomer > where they form rather 



\? l $J ?' d broad, equally long bands; those on 



O v>* ^o S ij \ intermaxillary plate somewhat larger, 



In, 1 m, " * * n a c i rcu l ar group. Colour of alcohol 



' v nzof ' specimens yellowish brown. Length 



Fig. 124. Dentition of Murae- j -Q mm 



rickthy, **uui Blkr. . teeth Habi ' tat . Java (Ka rangbollong) ; 



of intermaxillary plate, m maxil- 



lary, ^mandibulary, z-vome- Amb n! ; S Uth COaSt of Timor! 



rine teeth. (p e l a gic). Funafuti; Andaman Is- 



lands, Red Sea. 

 On coralreefs and near shore. 



6. Muraenichthys macrostomus Blkr. 



Muraenichthys macrostomus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. II. 1864 65, p. 38. 



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



Mnraenichthys macrostomtis Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 53. 

 Muraenichthys macrostomus Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 46. 



Height 27 30; head about 8; head and trunk less than iV 2 

 times in length of tail. Eye small, less than twice in snout, 

 situated before middle of cleft of mouth. Origin of dorsal 



opposite to that of anal ! ). 

 Teeth conical, recurved, in the 

 jaws in a single series, on the 

 intermaxillary plate forming a 



Fig. ,25. MuraeniMkys m acr<,s, mu , g rOU P' On thfi VOmCr rather 



Blkr. x 4- ^ ew * n numDer > in 2 series. 



Colour of alcohol specimens 

 yellowish brown. Length 225 mm. 



Habitat: Ambon! (on sandy bottom); Bay of Noimini, 

 South coast of Timor! (pelagic). 



7. Muraenichthys huysmani (M. Web.). 



Sphagebranchus Huysmani Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 48. 



Height 38; head 8, 2 ! / 2 times in trunk; head and trunk nearly 

 2 / lo shorter than tail. Eyes about 15, 2/ ! 2 times in snout, which 



i) In our specimens the dorsal is less high than the anal but otherwise well 

 developed even at its origin and not rudimentary as in the single specimen 

 described by BLEEKER and GUNTHER. 



