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gillopenings. Maxilllary teeth rather small and pointed in one 

 row of about 15, anteriorly occasionally one or two canines 

 at the inner side of the maxillary row. On the intermaxillary 

 plate a peripheral series of unequal caniniform teeth, 10 15 

 in number, and a row of 2 or 3 larger canines mesially. Vomer 

 with a single row of 8 10 teeth, much shorter than the 

 others. Mandibles with a single row of 15 22 teeth on each 

 side, the three fore- 

 most of which are 

 much larger than the 

 others, which are 

 pointed and directed 

 backwards. Head, 

 body and fins with 



large polygonal Or Fi S- l8 7- Muraena (Gymnothorax) favaginea 



rounded black spots 

 separated by narrow 



white lines (favaginea] or by distinct interspaces of the ground- 

 colour, all or most of the spots being wider than the inter- 

 spaces (isingteena). Length over uoo mm. [A specimen of 

 G. tesselatus of BLEEKER'S collection seen by us]. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Kauer, Benkulen, Priaman, Siboga); 

 Batu Islands; Singapore; Duizend-Islands; Java (Prigi); Celebes 

 (Makassar); Halmaheira; Aru-Islands; New Guinea (Doreh). - 

 East coast of Africa, Mauritius, coast of South Arabia and 

 British India, New Hebrides, Samoa Islands, Paumotu Islands. 



14. Muraena (Gymnothorax) chilospilus (Blkr.). 



? Muraena Mulleri Kaup, Cat. Apod, fish 1856, p. 69. 



Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. II. 1864 (1865), p. 52. 



Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 103. 



Gymnothorax sagenodeta Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 100 (nee Richardson). 

 ? Gymnothorax Mulleri Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 103. 

 Miiraena nubila Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 117 (pro parte). 

 Muraena nubila von Martens, Preuss. Exp. nach Ost-Asien, Zool. I. 1876, 



p. 406 (nee Richardson). 

 Gymnothorax detactus Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bureau Fisheries Washington XXV. 



(1905) 1906, p. 201 (nee Bryan & Herre). 



Gymnothorax lineatus Jordan & Scale, Ibid. p. 202 (nee Lesson, nee syn.). 

 Gymnothorax samalensis Scale, Philippine Journ. of Science IV. 1909, p. 492. 

 Muraena chilospihis Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 415. 

 Gymnothorax richardsoni Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische 1913, p. 60 (pro parte). 



