1132 
Depth 16 3/4 to 17 1/3; head 8 to 9 1/3, 4 1/2 to vent, 
v.ldth 3 1/5, to 3 3/5 in Its length; combined head and 
trunk 1 l/3 in tail. Snout 4 to 4 3/4 in head; eye 8 to 8 
1/3, 1 2/3 to 2 in snout, equals interorbital; mouth cleft 
extends eye diameter behind eye, length 2 to 2 1/6 in head; 
teeth uniserial in jaws and on vomer, with inner medial 
maxillary row of 3 depresslble ones; row of 3 large medial 
fangs on premaxillary, with 8 rather large teeth forming 
surrounding loup though little smaller than medial fangs 
larger than maxillary teeth; Interorbital 7 1/2 to 8 1/2, 
low, slightly convex. Gill opening equals eye. 
Dorsal origin median in postrietel space, fin high or 
much higher than low anal and very small caudal. 
Light brown with 18 to 21 broad dark cross bands, usu¬ 
ally wider than Interspaces, incomplete on belly. Variably 
dark spot in most pale intervals along dorsal and sometimes 
on anal. Iris gray. 
Red Sea, Mauritius, East Indies, Philippines, Rui-Kui, 
Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. 
11111. Mahinog, Camiguin Island. August 2, 1909. Length 
406 mm. 
15643. flablayan, Mindoro. December 13, 1908. Length 
375 mm. 
