286 



Ophisurus alternans Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie I. 1824, p. 243. 



Ophisurus fasdatus Richardson, Zoology of the Voy. Erebus & Terror, 1844, p. 100. 



Ophisurus colubrinus Richardson, Ibid. p. 100. 



Ophisurus colubrinus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie XI. 1856, p. 106. 



Pisoodonophis fasdatus Kaup, Cat. Apodal Fish, 1856, p. 23. 



Ophisuriis fasdatus Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 64. 



Ophisurus fasdatus Kner, Novara Exp. I. Fische 1865 1867, p. 379. 



Ophichthys colubrinus Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 81. 



Ophichthys colubrinus Klunzinger, Abhandl. zool. bot. Ges.Wien XXI. 1871, p. 6l I. 



Ophichthys colubrinus Day, Fishes of India 4. 1878 1888, p. 665. 



Ophichthys naja de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales 1884, p. 455. 



Chlcvastes colubrimis Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901, p. 867. 



Ophichthus colubrinus Scale, Occas. Papers Bernice Tanahi Bishop Mus. I. no. 3, 



1901, p. 62. 



Chlevastes colubrinus Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bur. Fish. XXV. 1906, p. 195. 

 Chlevastes fasdatus Jordan & Scale, Ibid. p. 195. 



Ophichthys colubrinus Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 401. 

 Chlevastes claps Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia LXIV. 1912, p. 13. 



Height 52 66; head about 18 20, 7*/ 2 9 times in trunk. 

 Eye 10 14; 2 ! / 2 times in snout. Brownish white, with 26 to 

 more than 30 black or brown rings, about as . wide as the 

 interspaces and extending on the fins. Tip of snout and tip of 

 tail whitish. Length over 900 mm. 



In the variety semicincta Bleeker the rings are ventrally 

 not closed. 



In the variety oculata Bleeker or fasciata Gunther the rings 

 are much narrower than the interspaces, which contain a pair 

 of brown ocellated spots, one above the other. 



In the variety elaps Fowler, the broad interspaces contain 

 i to 5 brown spots or blotches. 



Distribution: Sumatra (Priaman); Nias !; Borneo; Celebes 

 (Menado); Flores; Savu !; Timor; Buru; Ambon; Nusa Laut!; 

 Banda; Ceram ; Gisser!; Batjan; Ternate; Schouten Islands 

 (Mysore); New Guinea (Humboldt Bay!, West-New Guinea!); 

 Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Red Sea; Zanzibar; Mauritius; 

 Andaman Islands; Philippines; Japan; Riu-Kiu Islands; West 

 Pacific Islands to Tahiti; New Zealand (Auckland). 



In sea, on coralreefs and near shore. 



3. Callechelys Kaup. 



(KAUP, Cat. Apodal fish 1856, p. 28). 



Much elongate, cylindrical. Anus behind or much behind 

 middle of length. Origin of dorsal above angle of mouth or 



