Ophichthys cephalozona Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 69. 



Ophichthus cephalozona Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901, p. 872. 



Ophichthys cephalozona Giinther, Fische d. Siidsee Heft IX. 1910, p. 398. 



Height about 28 29; head 10 1 1, 3.5 4.5 in trunk, head and 

 trunk somewhat shorter than tail (or somewhat longer, GUNTHER). 

 Eye 10 11, twice in snout, situated in anterior third of head. 

 Snout bluntly pointed, much projecting. Cleft of mouth 3 3.5 

 in head, reaching behind eye. Posterior nostrils in advance of 



the eye, anterior ones in a broad tube, 

 shorter than the eye. Origin of dorsal 

 about above end of pectorals. End of 

 dorsal and anal ending shortly before 

 end of tail. Pectorals more than thrice 

 to four times in length of head. Teeth 

 rather large, pointed, curved, unisenal m 



Fig. 144. Dentition of . , .. . ,, 



/on >> jaws and vomer, the anterior mandibu- 



Ophtchth vs cephalozona(\$kr.} J 



a teeth on intermaxillary jary ones stronger, as also those on the 

 plate, m maxillary, ;;z<^man- intermaxillary plate, which form a sepa- 



dibulary, v vomerine teeth, rated group of about 4 6 Stout teeth. 



^ 4 * Gillopenings moderate. Brown, nape with 



a very broad blackish cross band, broadly edged with white in 

 front and behind. Dorsal and anal blackish with a white 

 margin. Length 830 mm. 



Habitat: Singapore; Ambon; Ceram; Kei Islands!; West 

 New Guinea !; Mysore (Schouten Islands). Philippines; China; 

 Formosa; Japan; North Australia; Pelew Islands; Ovalau; 

 Tonga-Tabu. 



3. Ophichthys bernsteini (Blkr.). 



Muraenopsis Bernsteini Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. I. 1863, p. 157. 

 Ophichthys Bernsteini Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 48. 



Height about 42; head about n 2 / 5 , 5 to 5*/ 2 in trunk; head 

 and body longer than tail. Eye 8'/ 2 , more than one half the 

 length of the snout, situated in the anterior third. Cleft of 

 mouth nearly 4 times in head, ending below hindborder of eye. 

 Snout conspicuously prominent. Posterior nostrils in advance of 

 the eye, anterior ones in a broad tube, shorter than the eye. Dorsal 

 commences at a distance equal to the cleft of mouth, behind 

 the gillopenings. Dorsal and anal increasing in height near their 

 end, which is at a short distance before the end of the tail. 

 Pectorals more than thrice in head. Teeth conical, acute, sub- 



