io Fishes of the South Pacific. 



on top of snoul in front of orbit; snout from the anterior margin of 

 eye 5.50 in head. Fins: no pectoral tins; origin of dorsal is about 

 the length of snout in front of gill openings; origin of anal directly 



posterior of vent, which is slightly nearer the snout than tip of tail. 



Color in spirits, very blackish and shading into yellowish gray 

 below and anteriorly; irregular, vertical white lines, more or less 

 wavy and about a third as wide as interspaces, on side of body the 

 lines becoming regular and banddike posteriorly, anteriorly the 

 lines join more or less, forming irregular squares and polygons; 

 thorax and belly yellowish white; snout and anterior half of lower 

 jaw black; fins colored similar to body, but fewer lines. 



One specimen from Tubuai Id., of the Austral group, No. 

 770 B. M. Length 21 in. 



One specimen, No. [583 B. M., from Raiatea, Society Ids. 



Gymnothorax marquesensis Scale, new species. 



Depth 10 in total length; head 3 in length anterior of vent; 

 length of body greater than length of tail by a distance equal to 

 2.50 in head; teeth biserial except in front where there is a group 

 of about 7 enlarged depressible canines, two of which are on the 

 middle of the vomer; the inner series consists of about 8 teeth on 

 each side; teeth of the lower jaw are in a single series with a clus- 

 ter of canines in front; eye equal to the distance apart of the pos- 

 terior nostrils; snout 4.70 in head; angle of the jaw 2.30 in head. 



Color in spirits, a dull yellowish or gray with blackish irregu- 

 lar cross bands wider than the interspaces; on the posterior part 

 of the body and tail these bands are more broken into indistinct 

 dots; the belly is powdered with a yellowish spray. 



A short, thick moray. Nine specimens, from Xukukiva, 

 Marquesas Ids., Nos. 2384-2388 B. M. No. 2384 (Fig. 1) is type 

 of the species. 



Gymnothorax chalazius Waite. 2 



Depth 6 in distance from tip of snout to vent; head 2.50 in the 

 same distance; eye 7.50 in head, 1.50 in snout; the vent is nearer 

 tip of snout than tip of tail by about the length of head; middle of 

 eye is midway between angle of mouth and tip of upper jaw; inter- 

 orbital space slightlv less than width of snout; anterior nostrils 

 tubular, short, equal to one-half the width of eye; posterior nos- 

 trils not tubular, situated above and in line with anterior magin of 

 eye; teeth in upper jaw in a double series the inner ones the long- 

 est, 14 on each side; in the front of upper jaw are 8 enlarged de- 

 pressible canines, 2 on the vomer and 3 on each side, smaller teeth 

 forming the outer row; a row of blunt teeth on the palate; lower 

 jaw with a single series of teeth, the 2 or 3 anterior ones in each 

 side enlarged, depressible canines. 



2 The tvpe secured bv Mr. Waite corresponds to the first specimen in the series No. 

 765 B. M. 



