353 



Garm. from the Marshall Group and Rk. ambonensis Barbour 

 from Ambon and Banda. 



Fig. 172. Rhinomuraena ambonensis Barb. X 4 /5- 



i. Rhinomuraena ambonensis Barb. 



Rhinomuraena ambonensis Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington XXI. 1908, 

 p. 40. 



Height 71 76; head 19 21, 4.7 5.2 in trunk. Head and 

 trunk about 2.3 in tail. Eye small, nearer to corner of mouth 

 than to tip of snout, which goes more than 6 times in length 

 of head. Cleft of mouth 2.5 times in length of head. Dorsal 

 increasing in height posteriorly, in middle of tail much higher than 

 body underneath. Anal increasing in height posteriorly, in poste- 

 rior part of tail equalling the height of the tail. Colour ante- 

 riorly bright blue, becoming lavender colour on the tail. Anal 

 deep black with a white margin. Dorsal, snout with anterior 

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