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lUuraenichthys sibogae Weber and Beaufort 
Muraenichthys sibogae WEBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes Indo Austral. Arch¬ 
ipelago, vol. 3» 1916 , p, 276 . Obi major; southern Timor, 
Depth 34 3/4; head 9 3 / 4 , 3 1/6 to vent, width 4 in its length; com¬ 
bined head and trunk 2 in tail. Snout 5 1/4 in head; eye I 3 , 2 1/4 in snout 
1 1/2 in interorbital; mouth cleft extends about eye diameter behind eye, 
length 3 2/5 in head; teeth simple, minute, in narrow bands in jaws and on 
vomer; interorbital, 7 I/ 5 , broadly convex. Gill opening equals eye, with¬ 
in lower half of body depth. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin advanced from anal origin space about equal to mouth 
cleft* Vertical fins as low feeble fold around end of tail* 
Uniform brown* Iris gray* In this species the tail is rather thick, 
but little compressed* 
1 example. Masbate Bay, Quinalasag Island. June 11 , 1909 , Length 120 mm. 
