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Gymnothorax philippinus Jordan & Seale, but seems to have a heavier body, less 
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pointed tail, and darker chin and belly. ‘The markings on the sides of the tail are 
obscured in the specimen. 
69. Gymnothorax melanospilos (Bleeker). (Plate LX VII, lower figure.) 
Head 6.9 in total length, 2.5 in trunk; head and trunk equal in length to tail; 
depth 2 in head; snout 5.75 in head, much compressed, its width in front of eyes 
hardly more than one-third width of head; eye small, 12 in head, 2 in snout. 
Body rather slender, the tail tapering but the tip rounded rather than pointed ; 
mouth large, the eye midway between its angle and tip of snout; teeth in single 
series; two depressible canines in upper jaw; gill-opening a little longer than eye ; 
dorsal inserted half way between gill-opening and eye, its height apparently a little 
less than half the depth of the body; anal low. 
Ground color in spirits light purplish brown, considerably paler on chin and 
fore part of belly ; body and fins everywhere covered with roundish or elongate 
(when double) black spots, as a rule a little larger than eye, and when confluent or 
double oftenest arranged longitudinally; there are evident on the tail three more 
or less distinct longitudinal rows of the larger spots, and a row of smaller ones along 
the base of the anal; the spots on the trunk and head are not in distinct rows, 
though about four or five rows might be surmised as the basis of the pattern ; the 
spots on chin, cheeks, and snout are distinct, but smaller and more irregular in form 
than those on the hinder part of the head and on the tail and body; on the neck 
underneath the gill-opening are about five narrow blackish longitudinal streaks, 
coinciding with cuticular creases; the dorsal has a basal and a marginal row of 
spots like those of the body, while the anal has one row of such spots; the edge of 
both dorsal and anal is pale between the black spots, but there is not a continuous 
pale edge, except at tip. (Dr. Giinther, who had Bleeker’s type, says G. melanospilos 
has fins with a narrow whitish edge.) 
This species seems scarcely different from Gymmnothorax pescadoris Jordan & 
Evermann, except in coloration (spots on head and tail larger). The width of the 
snout is not stated in the original description of that species. The very much com- 
pressed snout of our specimen (agreeing with Gtinther’s statement about G. melano- 
spilos) is very striking. 
70. Gymnothorax leucostigma sp. nov. (Plate LX VIII.) 
Head 6.6 in length, 2.05 in trunk, 3.6 in tail; tail about 3 head’s length longer 
than head and trunk ; depth 1.7 in head ; snout 5.5; eye 11.5. 
Body rather heavy and short, tail pointed ; occipital region elevated, the de- 
