852 
Diagnosis, Differs from all the known species in the 
genus by its coloration. The back and dorsal fin marked with 
large, ill defined dark blotches, very variable and little con¬ 
trasted, In these respects it differs at once from Ophichthus 
bonaparti in which the dark blotches are complete rings and 
extend at least on the bases of the vertical fins, besides its 
throat has brown spots and the pectoral is much smaller. 
Type No, U, S. N. M, 
10529, 10531, 10532, Cebu market, August 17, 1909, Length 
335 to 490 mm, 
10955 to 10957, Cebu market, August 25, 1909, Length 348 to 
517 mm, Tj^’pe No, 10955, 
8145, Cebu market, August 29, 1909, Length 440 ram, 
21776, Nonucan River, Camp Overton, Mindanao, August 6, 1909, 
Length 383 mm, 
22983, Santa Ana, Marinduque, April 24, 1908, Length 356 ram, 
to end of broken tail, 
(Para, near; cephalozona, the specific name of a related 
species with which the present agrees in the large dark saddle 
like blotch on pharynx above.) 
