1022 
Depth 39 1/2 to 40 1/4; head 10 1/3 to 12 1/5, 4 to 4 
1/2 to vent, width 5 to 5 1/5 In Its length; combined head 
and trunk 1 4/7 to 1 2/3 In tail. Snout 9 1/5 to 11 In 
head; eye 16 1/2 to 17 1/2, 1 7/8 to 2 1/8 in snout, 1 1/4 
to 12/3 In interorbital; mouth cleft extends 2 to 3 4/5 
eye diameters behind eye, length 2 7/8 to 3 1/4 in head; 
teeth in Jaws conic, compressed, uniserial, variably bi- 
serial on 1 or both sides; row of 3 or 4 large fangs down 
middle of premaxillary, with surrounding loup of rather 
large teeth; single row of small teeth down vomer; inter- 
orbital 11 1/3 to 11 2/3, convex. Gill opening equals or 
slightly longer than eye. 
Dorsal origin at 2/5 to 3/5 in postrictal space, height 
about half body depth at vent; caudal pointed, long as snout. 
Dark brown, little paler below. Iris gray. Fins dark. 
Madagascar, Mauritius, East Indies, Philippines, Japan, 
Melanisia, Polynesia. 
