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oliveri (Seale). Plate 2, fig. 2. 



Jenkinsiella oliveri Seale, Philip. Journ. Sci. § A 4 (1909) 493. 



Depth 40 in length, head 13.4; head 3.57 in trunk; head and 

 trunk 1.79 in tail, which is 1.55 in total length; eye 1.8 in 

 snout and 10.4 in head; snout 5.77 in head; gape 2.88 in head, 

 pectoral 3f . 



A very elongate cylindrical little eel at once distinguished by 

 its greater slenderness, by the origin of the dorsal being about 

 the length of the pectorals forward of gill openings, and by the 

 teeth, which differ strongly from those of any other species 1 

 have examined. Jaw teeth in two rows, the inner row of the 

 maxillaries noticeably larger; vomerine teeth in two rows, 

 merging into one row posteriorly ; four pairs of teeth on inter- 

 maxillary plate; vertical fins low, the greatest height of dorsal 

 slightly more than half the depth of body; a distinct pore above 

 and somewhat before eye, another behind center of eye; fringe 

 of upper lip beginning immediately behind anterior nostril; 

 lateral line beginning on nape. 



Color, light yellowish brown above, yellow below median line, belly 

 whitish, sides finely punctulate with minute black specks, throat white, 

 top of head brown, these two colors uniting in a sharp line on the middle 

 of side of head, extending from angle of fins [=jaws] to gill openings, 

 tip of snout and anterior portion of dorsal darker.— SeaU. 



I have examined the type and only specimen, Bureau of 

 Science collection No. 4299, collected by Mr. Seale in Zamboanga 

 and find it to have the following dimensions: Length 360 

 millimeters; head, 26; trunk, 103; tail, 231; eye, 2.5; snout, 4.5; 

 gape, 9 ; pectoral, 7. 



Seale states "head 5.10 in body; gape 1.75 in head but my 

 measurements do not tally with his. He likewise states that 

 the dorsal and anal fins extend to the tip of the caudal, but 1 

 find they both stop before the tip of the tail, as in all other 

 ophichthyoid eels I have ever examined. In his color descrip- 

 tion I have changed the word "fins" to jaws, as fins is evidently 

 a typographical error. 

 Cirrhinmrama tapeinopterus Bleeker. 



Cirrhimursena tapeinopterus BLEEKER, Ned. Tijdschr Dierk. 1 (1863) 

 183; Atlas Ichth. Muram. 4 (1864) 41, pi 8, fig- 8; Wbo and Beau- 

 fort, Fishes Indo-Austr. Arch. 3 (1916) 291, fig lib. 

 Ophichthys tapeinopterus Gunther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mu.. 8 (1870) 



