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12. Gymn.oth.orax laysanus (Steindachner). 
Head 6.6 in total length; depth 2 in head; distance from tip of snout to vent shorter by one-fourth 
of itself than distance from vent to tip of tail; eye less than snout; gape 2 in head; gill-opening very 
small and inconspicuous, marked by no dark spot; anterior nostril tubular, near tip of snout above 
margin of mouth; posterior nostril round, inconspicuous, above and slightly forward of middle of 
upper margin of eye; origin of dorsal slightly in advance of gill-opening; teeth sharp and pointed; on 
sides of lower jaw in a single series, on sides of upper jaw in 3 series; on anterior portions of both 
jaws large, sharp, depressible teeth among the smaller ones; a large, sharp, depressible tooth on vomer. 
Color in life, very dark brown over whole of head; body and fins marked everywhere with very 
many small white spots, with indistinct and irregular outlines, more irregular on anterior portions, 
being on these almost reticulations; no conspicuous markings at angle of mouth or at gill-openings; 
tip of tail white. 
F.ight specimens were obtained at Honolulu, ranging from 6 to 7.25 inches in length. The smaller 
ones show variation in color from the one above described in that the white spots are more distinct in 
outlines and more regularly placed. In the smallest they are almost definitely arranged in longitudinal 
rows of which there are 4 on the body exclusive of the fins. There is a gradation from this arrange- 
ment to the irregular arrangement seen in the one described. Found among the coral rocks. 
il [ursena laysana Steindachner, Anzeiger der Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, No. xvi, June 27, 1900, 177, Laysan Island (coll. Dr. 
Sehauinsland, 1896-97); ibid, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, i.xx, 1900, 515, pi. Vi, fig. 1 ( probably not fig. 2). 
Lycodontis parvibranchialis Fowler, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1900 (Nov. 6, 1901), 494, pi. xvm, fig. 1, Hawaiian Islands. 
(Type, No. 16483, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.) 
Fig. 5.—Gym,nolhorax leucosticlus Jenkins, now species. Type. 
13. Gymnothorax leucostictus Jenkins, new species. 
Head 8 in total length; depth 0.5 in head; snout a little longer than diameter of eye, 5.5 in head; 
tip of snout to angle of mouth 2.5 in head; gill-opening small and inconspicuous, less than diameter of 
eye; body deep, compressed; tail tapering, much compressed posteriorly; head compressed; snout 
blunt, rounded, not projecting above the mandible; jaws even; eye small, slightly nearer corner of 
mouth than tip of snout; mouth horizontal; lips thin, concealing the teeth ; teeth all sharp-pointed; 
large depressible canines in anterior parts of both jaws mingled with smaller ones, those in posterior 
portion of upper jaw forming wide bands, in posterior portion of lower jaw in a single series; large 
teeth on anterior portion of vomer followed by smaller ones in a single series; anterior nostril tubular, 
placed near tip of snout and above margin of lip; posterior nostril smooth, small, and well above 
margin of eye, somewhat in front of a vertical through center of eye; interorbital space narrow, convex • 
origin of dorsal fin over posterior margin of eye, fin high; anal similar, both confluent around tail. 
Color in life, general color uniform dark brown; head, body, tail, and fins covered with numerous 
white spots, which are larger than eye on trunk, but smaller elsewhere; tip of tail white; margin oi 
gill-opening brownish black. 
This species is distinguished from G. meleagris (Shaw) by the more anterior insertion of the 
dorsal, and by the larger spots, which are fewer in number and larger on the trunk. 
