Fishes of the South Pacific. II 
Body is elongate, cylindrical; no pectoral fins. ‘The 4 speci- 
mens of this species, secured at Tubuai Id., of the Austral group, 
form a series which show no structural differences,’ and in which 
the color markings intergrade perfectly. 
No. 765 B. M., a female, 11.75 in. in length, has the follow- 
ing color markings: In spirits, color dark brown, shading into 
black on the posterior half of the body; the body covered with 
minute white dots, like pin points, yellow in life, none of the dots 
are as large as the head of a pin, these dots very numerous on the 
anterior third of body and head, but gradually decreasing in num- 
ber posteriorly, until on the posterior half of the body they are few 
and widely scattered; belly and throat yellowish white, being 
powdered with yellowish dots; in addition to the above there is on 
the anterior half of the body a number of round, indistinct black 
spots the size of eye, these show a tendency to form imperfect ver- 
tical, band-like arrangement; fins colored similar to body, caudal 
with a narow white margin. 
No. 763 B. M., a female, ro in. long, is colored and marked 
exactly as above, except the dots are a trifle larger, being the size 
of pin heads; the yellow coloring on the belly showing a tendency 
to become reticulate. 
No. 766 B. M., a male, 11.50 in. long, colored and marked as 
No. 763 except the dots are larger being the size of the pupil of 
the eye, the ground color is a shade less dark, and the anterior 
dots show a tendency to become less regular in their roundness. 
No-w7e0)B.M. Length to in. Colored as No: 766, except 
the dots are still larger, and show a decided tendency to become 
reticulate, especially on the anterior part of the body. 
All of the specimens show the round, indistinct black spots, 
the size of the eye on the anterior half of the body. 
Four specimens, Nos. 763, 765, 766 and 769 B. M., from 
Tubuai, Austral Ids. 
Another moray, No. 1566, from Tahiti, was provisionally but 
probablv incorrectly identified with Radbula marmorea (Valenci- 
ennes) from the Galapagos Ids. 
Uropterygius concolor (Ruppell). 
One specimen, No. 2005* B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marque- 
sas Ids. 
Scuticaria tigrina (Ruppell). 
One specimen, No. 1362* B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 
One specimen, No. 2381 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids. 
Europterygius xanthopterus (Bleeker). 
Three specimens, Nos. 2006-2008 B. M., from Nukuhiva, 
Marquesas Ids. 
3The male specimen, No. 766, has the head slightly swollen above, a longitudinal 
groove divides this swollen portion into two lobes. 
