1127 
Depth 19; head 71/3, 31/4 to vent, width 4 in its 
length; combined head and trunk 1 1/4 in tail. Snout 5 l/2 
in head; eye 8, 1 1/o in snout, little greater than inter- 
orbital; mouth cleft extends 3/4 eye diameter behind eye, 
length 2 2/3 in head; teeth uniserial in Jaws, anteriorly 
largest and inner medial maxillary series of 2 or 3 teeth; 
3 large teeth in medial row of premaxillary surrounded by 
loup of 10 or 11 smaller though larger than maxillary series; 
vomerine series small, uniserial; Interorbital 7 1/2, low, 
convex. Gill opening about 4/5 of eye. 
Dorsal origin midway in postrictal space, fin much high¬ 
er than anal. 
Whitish, v/ith 17 black cross bands, each slightly narr¬ 
ower than pale interspaces. Black cross bands more or less 
expanding below so those on trunk more or less connected med¬ 
ially, inclusive also of first one on anal fin. Iris gray. 
Red Sea, India, Ceylon, Andamans, East Indies, Micro¬ 
nesia, Melanesia, Polynesia. 
22364. Basa Reef, Gulf of Boni, Celebes. December 
17, 1909. Length 121 mm. Agrees with Bleeker*s figure 
of Gymnothorax reticularis. 
