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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
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18. Muraena kailuae Jordan & Evermann. Station 3881, Napili Harbor, Maui; Honolulu. 
Murxna lampra Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1902, 423, tig. 3. 
Mursena kauila Jenkins, 1. c., 424, tig. 4. 
Color in life, light brown; dorsal half of body with dark-brown vertical bars, which fade out and 
disappear below and become indistinct on tail; everywhere with light-colored ocellated spots, 
elongate vertically, fused together, forming narrow vertical bands on dorsal and anal fins; crossbands 
on belly and chevrons on lower jaw and throat; white spots and bands clear and bright below and on 
throat; soiled white or light gray on upper and posterior parts; dark portions bounding the spots and 
bars, brownish black; snout, throat, and sides of head suffused with bright orange red; both pairs of 
nasal tubes bordered with same color; traces of brick red on anterior part of dorsal fin and on body 
19. Gymnothorax laysanus (Steindachner). Honolulu; Hilo. 
20. Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw). Honolulu. 
21. Gymnothorax gracilicauda Jenkins. Station 3834, southern coast of Molokai. 
One specimen, 130 mm. long, from the coral rocks. 
Head, measured to gill-opening, 0.125 of length, 0.23 of tail. 
Color in spirits white, tinged with brown, spotted or clouded with dark brown, the markings 
rather indefinitely arranged in crossbands. The brown figures of the body extend upward on the 
dorsal; the fin is bordered with white; anal white. 
22. Gymnothorax steindachneri Jordan & Evermann. Honolulu. 
23. Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepede). Honolulu; station 3824, off the southern coast of 
Molokai, in 222 to 498 fathoms. 
24. Gymnothorax thalassopterus Jenkins. Honolulu. 
25. Gymnothorax nuttingi Snyder, new species. Plate 4, fig. 7. 
Head, measured from tip of snout to gill-opening, 0.145 of the length, 0.28 of head and trunk, 0.31 
of tail; depth 0.5 of head; cleft of mouth 0.45; snout 0.19. Brown with white spots. Snout rounded, 
jaws equal, closing completely; lips very thick; teeth in a single series, firmly embedded, close-set; 
largest below middle of snout, growing gradually smaller posteriorly; basal halves with finely serrated 
edges; no median fangs; vomer with very short, blunt teeth; eye on vertical passing midway between 
tip of snout and corner of mouth; distance between eyes 0.74 of the snout; anterior nostril tube equal 
in length to half diameter of eye; posterior nostril located above and just anterior to margin of eye, 
its opening with a low rim ; gill-opening a narrow slit equal to vertical diameter of eye, situated on a level 
with pupil; origin of dorsal on a vertical anterior to gill-opening a distance equal to length of snout, the 
membrane fleshy, though not greatly thickened; height in region of vent equal to length of snout; anal 
inserted just behind vent, its height near middle of tail equal to diameter of orbit; tail not slender and 
pointed, but rather stubby, the dorsal, caudal, and anal forming a bluntly rounded terminal fin. 
Color in spirits brown, covered with white spots; those on head minute and close together, 
scarcely discernible on snout and end of lower jaw; on the body, larger and more elongate, growing 
round on tail, where their diameter is about equal to half that of pupil; gill-opening and corner of 
mouth brown; dorsal spotted like tail, the spots on edge of fin elongate, narrow, and close together, 
coalescing posteriorly to form a white border; anal spotted, with a white border. 
The species is represented by a single individual, 79 cm. long, obtained in the Honolulu market. 
Type, No. 50866, U. S. Nat. Mus. 
Of the spotted Hawaiian eels this species can only be confused with Gymnothorax goldsboroughi. 
The latter may be distinguished at a glance by the slender, pointed tail, the larger, circular spots, | 
and dark throat-patch, its most striking characters. 
Named for Prof. Charles Cleveland Nutting. 
26. Gymnotllorax goldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann. Honolulu. 
27. Gymnothorax leucacme Jenkins. Honolulu. 
28. Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl). Honolulu; Puako Bay, Hawaii. 
29. Gymnothorax berndti Snyder, new species. Plate 4, fig. 8. 
Head, measured to gill-opening, 0.15 of the length, 0.27 of tail; depth 0.58 of head; snout 0.21; 
cleft of mouth 0.5. Profile, a gently sloping straight line between tip of snout and posterior part of 
