Ophichthid Eels — Gosline 
315 
These specimens agree well with the diag- 
nosis of this species as given by Schultz 
(1943: 12). 
The records cited are the only ones for the 
species in the Hawaiian Islands. Schultz 
(1943: 12) has taken it at Palmyra. 
Bleeker’s original name is a homonym, for 
which a substitute is here proposed. 
CIRRHIMURAENA Kaup 
Dorsal and anal low, the dorsal beginning 
before, over, or behind the gill openings. 
Pectorals well developed. Upper lip with a 
fringe. No canines, the maxillary and vomer- 
ine teeth either biserial or in bands. 
Cirrhimuraena is here broadly defined. 
Whether all the species included in the def- 
inition are congeneric or even monophyletic 
is impossible to say without examination of 
specimens. They appear to fall into three 
groups, for each of which a generic name has 
been proposed as follows: 
Cirrhimuraena Kaup (1856: 27). Dorsal 
commencing over or behind gill openings. 
Pectorals elongate. Eye forward of center of 
cleft of mouth. Maxillary teeth in bands. In- 
cluded species: C. tapeinopterus , chinensis, 2 ind 
chilopogon, reviewed in Weber and de Beaufort 
(1916: 291). 
Jenkinsiella Jordan and Evermann (1905: 
83). Dorsal commencing well ahead of gill 
opening. Pectorals elongate. Eye about over 
center of cleft of mouth. Maxillary teeth 
biserial. Included species: Microdonophis mac- 
gregori Jenkins (1904: 422) and Jenkinsiella 
oliveriSedlQ (redescribed by Herre, 1923: 165). 
Calamuraena Whitley (1944:261). Dorsal 
commencing well ahead of gill openings. 
Pectorals short, rounded. Eye more or less 
over center of cleft of mouth. Maxillary teeth 
mostly biserial. Included species: Ophichthys 
calamus Gunther (1870: 74). 
9. Cirrhimuraena macgregori (Jenkins) 
Figs. 6, 10^, 16 
Microdonophis macgregori Jenkins (1904: 422, 
fig. 2) (Maui); Jordan and Evermann (1905: 
82, fig. 18) [on the type]. 
*Ophichthus calamus, Fowler (1928: 45) (Maui). 
MATERIAL EXAMINED: 4 Specimens from 
Oahu and 2 from Hawaii in the University of 
Hawaii Collection; 1, recorded above by 
Fowler, from Maui in the Bishop Museum. 
Contrary to the descriptions of Jenkins, 
Jordan and Evermann, and Fowler, this 
species does not have the teeth "in a single 
series on vomer and in jaws.” In the larger 
University of Hawaii specimens, 188-338 
mm., the teeth on the vomer are in several 
series, particularly toward the rear (Fig. 6^); 
those in the jaws are partly uniserial, partly 
biserial. In the Maui specimen, 131 mm. 
long, the teeth on the vomer are biserial be- 
hind, uniserial in front, and those on the 
jaws appear as single irregular rows. In other 
respects my specimens agree with the de- 
scriptions cited above. The fringe on the 
upper lip is somewhat better developed than 
is indicated in Jenkins’ figure, reissued in 
Jordan and Evermann. 
That Fowler erred in synonymizing this 
species with Ophichthus calamus Gunther is 
clearly indicated by Whitley’s redescription 
and figure of the latter species (1944: 261, 
fig. 6). Actual relationships appear to be 
closer between C. macgregori and C. oliveri 
(Seale) as redescribed by Herre (1923: 165, 
pi. 2, fig. 2). However, C. oliveri is said to 
have the "vomerine teeth in two rows, merg- 
ing into one row posteriorly.” Herre’s plate 
shows the pectorals as tapering to a point, 
which also is not true of C. macgregori. 
