353 



Muraena lampra Jenkins, Bull. U.S. fish Comm. XXII (1902) 1904, p. 423. 



Muraena kauila Jenkins, Ibid. p. 424. 



Muraena kailuac Snyder, Ibid. p. 518. -- Jordan & Evermann, Ibid. XXIII. 



(1903) 1905, p. 88. 



Muraena kailuac Jordan & Scale, Bull. U. S. Bur. fish. XXV. (1905) 1906, p. 196. 

 Muraena pardalis Gunther, Fische d. Sttdsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 408. 



Height 916; head about 6'/ 2 to 7'/ 2 , twice to 2.4 in trunk. 

 Tail a little longer than head and trunk. Eye S'/ 2 to u, 

 2 2 1 /., times in snout, situated slightly behind middle of cleft 

 of mouth, which goes about 2 ! / 2 times or somewhat less in 

 length of head, is horizontal and not closing completely. Origin of 



Fig. 177. Muraena (Muraena) pardalis Schleg. (After BLEEKER). 



dorsal before gillopenings, which are horizontal and not much 



wider than the eye. Teeth in maxillaries, mandibularies and 



on intermaxillary plate in young specimens in two series, which 



fuse into each other with age, constituting a single series of 



large, caniniform teeth with 



oo o oO e small intermediate teeth. Two to 



f oi !p 6* three teeth on the centre of the 



1 o S o s intermaxillary plate are depres- 



P sible fangs as also some of the 



o b Q o peripheral series. On vomer 



' o o 5 x - 7 10 rather small teeth in a 



o s o single series, which may decrease 



8 o in num ber with age. Dark brown, 



o clouded with darker; every- 



v m <l where covered with numerous 



Fig. 178. Dentition of Muraena round, whitish or yellowish-dark 



(Muraena) pardalis Schleg. a inter- ec }ged OCelli, partly confluent 

 maxillary: m maxillary; md mandibu- 1 , .-, i 



and larger on the lower parts. 



lary; v vomenne teeth, nat. size. ,11 



Lower jaw with light and dark 



crossbars. Length 760 mm. [Type of the species and a specimen 

 of BLEEKER'S collection in the Leiden Museum seen by us]. 



