Murine Fishes from Anstrnlin and the Pacific. \'.V.^ 



of tlifi anterior iioatril ; eye nltove niidille of inoiitli, it.«4 

 (liniiK'tor \ the Icn^fli of stunit ; citt't oj" giioiit j? tlio leii;,'tli 

 of head ; jaws ccinal anteriorly; ti'eth in jaws tiiscriiil ; giU- 

 openin;; <nj ini-ldle, of' side. Hody witli numerous narrow 

 undulating dark cmss-bands, some of which are broken »:[• 

 into spots. 



A specimen of 300 mm. Ir>im Duke of York Is. {Brown). 



4. Gyiunomurcena siiprajoratu. 



Tail sli^^htly lonf^er than hody ; length of head 10^ in 

 total len^^th. Posterior nostril with a raised rim ; eye nearer 

 to end of snout than to angle of mouth, its diameter § the 

 length of snout ; cleft of mouth ^ the length of head; jaws 

 equal anteriorly ; teeth in 5 series in the upper jaw and 4 in 

 the lower; vomerine band of teetii short; gill-opening much 

 nearer dorsal than ventral profile. Reddish, with numerous 

 darker spots forming vertical series and posteriorly uniting 

 to form undulating vertical stripes. 



A specimen of iiOO mm. from Savay (W/iiimee). 



Three young examples (170 to 210 mm.) from Tahiti 

 {Godeffroy) have the head >^^^ to ^ of the total length, the eye 

 \ the length of the snout, 4 series of teeth in the upper jaw 

 and 3 in the lower. 



5. Murcenichthjjs godeffvoyi. 



Tail 1^ as long as body; length of head 3^ in tliat. of 

 trunk. Snout obtuse ; clett of mouth extending beyond the 

 small eye; teeth obtusely conical, mostly biserial. Origin 

 of dorsal well in advance of vent, but nearer to vent than lo 

 gill-opening. Coloration uniform. 



A specimen of 135 mm. from Bowen, Queensland 

 [Godeffroy Mus.). 



Allied to AI. yymnopterns, Bleek. 



6. Spheroides liosomus. 

 Telrodon hamiltonii (part.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 280 (1870). 



Smooth, witliout evident spines, but with numerous pores. 

 Length of head less than its distance trom the dorsal fin ; 

 snout blunt, shorter than | ostorbital part of head ; diameter 

 of eye not more than ^ postorbital length of head ; osseous 

 interorbital width ^ to ^ the lengtii of hea<i ; mouth terminal, 

 the chin not prominent; upper and lower teetli subequal. 

 Dorsal 10-11 ; second branched ray the longest. Anal J). 

 Caudal roun«led. Back and sides with blackish spots sepa- 

 rated by a pale reticulation ; otten a transverse band between 



