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57. Gymnothorax g-oldsboroughi Jordan & Evermann. Fig. 26. 
Head nearly 3 in trunk (exclusive of head and tail), or 9 in total length; head and trunk about 
1.5 in tail; eye 1.75 in snout, 1.2 in interorhital space; snout5 in head; interorbital space 7.5; mouth 2. 
Body rather compressed, the tail gradually tapering narrowly behind; head compressed, swollen 
above; snout pointed, the tip blunt and the sides compressed; eye rather small, a trifle nearer tip of 
snout than corner of mouth; mouth large, snout slightly projecting beyond mandible; lips rather fleshy 
and concealing the teeth when the mouth is closed; teeth in a single series in jaws, anteriorly large 
and canine-like, and the vomer with a single large, depressible fang; anterior nostrils at tip of snout in 
small tubes; posterior nostrils directly above eye in front; interorbital space more or less flattened 
like top of snout; gill-opening about equal to eye; skin smooth; head with a number of mucous pores; 
origin of dorsal a little nearer corner of mouth than gill-opening; caudal small. 
Color in alcohol, brown, covered all over body except anal fin with round or roundish white spots, 
those on anterior part of body small, very small and numerous on head, becoming larger on trunk, 
and finally increasing very much in size on tail where they are scattered and rather far apart; reticu- 
lations around the light spots blackish brown upon posterior part of dorsal fin, same color as base of 
anal; margins of anal and dorsal fins whitish; gill -opening and anus bordered with blackish brown. 
General color of body in life, brown, rather pale olivaceous anteriorly, and covered all over with small 
white spots which are close-set. and small on head where the dark color forms a network; spots sparse 
and irregular on posterior parts, and also much larger; vent and gill-opening dusky; dorsal colored 
like the body, with a broad white edge, growing broader behind; anal dark brown, unspotted, and 
with a broad pale border. 
This species is known from the type, a specimen 21 inches long, obtained by us at Honolulu, and 
another example from Honolulu recorded by Mr. Snyder. 
Gymnothorax gpldsborouglii Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Apr. 11, 1903), 107, Honolulu. (Type, 
No. 50617, U. S. Nat. Mus.); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1904), 518 (Honolulu.) 
58. Gymnothorax petelli (Bleeker). Fig. 27. 
Head 2.88 in trunk; tail a little longer than head and trunk; eye 2 in snout, 1.3 in interorbital 
space; snout 5.25 in head; interorhital space 8.5; mouth from tip of mandible 2.25. 
Body rather deep and compressed; head compressed, branchial region and top of head swollen; 
snout rather short and pointed; eye small, a little nearer angle of mouth than tip of snout; mouth 
