Fishes of the South Pacific. 7 



Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & Schneider. 

 {Murtena tessellata Richardson.) 



One specimen, No. 1079 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Gymnothorax tenehrosus ( 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 18 in. No. 1362* (Fig. 1.) 

 B. M. 



Gymnothorax nuhilus (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 palatfne. 



Color in spirits, a light bistre brown, with irregular dark brown 

 blotches more or less confluent into bauds 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 J365 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 



