fishes of the South Pacific. 7 
Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & Schneider. 
(Murena tessellata Richardson. ) 
One specimen, No. 1079 B. M., from Faté, New Hebrides. 
Gymnothorax tenebrosus (Richardson). 
One specimen, No. 1539 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 
Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, new species. 
Depth 2 in head; head 3.50 in distance between vent and tip 
of snout; vent is nearer to tip of snout than to tip of tail by a dis- 
tance equal to head; snout rather elongate, 4 in head; eye 2 in 
snout; interorbital space slightly greater than eye; tubes of ante- 
rior nostrils equal in length to eye; top of head wide and flat; the 
middle width and depth of snout equal; the head broadens rapidly 
from posterior margin of orbital; lower jaw from tip to angle 2 in 
head; the jaw curved and cannot be completely closed; a single 
row of sharp pointed teeth in each jaw, 14 on each side of each 
jaw; long sharp depressible teeth on vomer; a row of dull blunt 
teeth on palate; no scales; no pectoral fins. 
Color in spirits, a light bistre brown; two rows of dendritic black 
spots along the sides, about 48 of these spots in each row; just 
above and below these spots are short black bands which extend 
through the fins and connect with its fellow of the opposite side; 
head mottled and flecked with white and brown; a white band ex- 
tending from lower posterior margin of eye to above the angle of 
the jaws; another short white line from upper posterior margin of 
eye back, and up, over the sides of head; throat and under jaw 
with six white cross bands. 
One specimen from Tahiti. Length 18in. No. 1362* (Fig. 1.) 
B. M. 
Gymnothorax nubilus (Richardson). 
This species has a single series of sharp-pointed flat teeth, 12 
on each side of the jaws; a single row of small blunt teeth on pal- 
ate, no teeth on vomer or palatine. 
Color in spirits, a light bistre brown, with irregular dark brown 
blotches more or less confluent into bands which extend upon fins; 
no dark spot at gill openings; anal fin with a distinct white band 
along the margin, the width of the band being a third of the fin; 
angle of mouth with a brown spot, in front of which is a white 
blotch; under part of chin whitish. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1364 and 1365 B. M., from Tahiti, 
Society Ids. 
Gymnothorax tahitensis Seale, new species. 
Depth 1.50 in head; head 3.20 in length in front of vent; the 
length of body less than tail by a distance equal to two-thirds the 
length of head; eye 8 in head, 1.75 in snout, it is slightly nearer 
