1195 
Depth 15 1/4 to 15 2/3; head 8 to 8 2/3, 3 1/4 to 3 
2/5 to vent, width 3 to 3 7/8 in its length; combined head 
and trunk 1 1/2 to 1 3/5 in tail. Snout 6 1/3 to 7 in head; 
eye 9 1/4 to 10 1/2, 1 1/2 to 1 2/3 in snout, 1 to 1 1/4 in 
Interorbital; mouth cleft extends 1 to 1 1/2 eye diameters be¬ 
hind eye, length 2 to 2 1/2 in head; teeth in jaws and on 
vomer biserial, inner maxillaries fewer, longer than outer, 
depressible; 2 medial depressible premaxillary teeth, with 
outer loup of 15 to 18 subequally large teeth, larger than 
maxillaries; interorbital 8 1/5 to 9 4/5, rather low, little 
convex. Gill opening subequal with eye. 
Dorsal origin from first 2/5 to 1/2 in postrictal space, 
fin higher than anal; short caudal obtusely rounded. 
Brown, obscurely marbled, mottled or specked with darker, 
in larger specimens forming more or less irregular groups. 
* 
Arabia, Rodriquez, Seychelles, Andamans, Burma, Pinang, 
East Indies, Philippines, China, Western Australia, Melanesia, 
Micronesia, Polynesia, Easter Island.. 
13209. Jolo Island. March 7, 1908. Length 283 mm. 
18169. Marongas Island, vicinity of Jolo. February 
10, 1908. Length 190 mm. 
" P 
23013. Nogas Point, Panay. February 4, 1908. Length 
288' mm. 
