1239 
Depth 15 ?/8 to 21; head 8 3/4 to 8 5/6, 3 7/8 to 4 
3/5 to vent, width 3 3/5 to 4 in Its length; combined head 
and trunk variably slightly longer or shorter than tall. 
Snout 4 4/5 to 5 3/4 in head; eye 7 1/3 to 8 1/4, 1 1/3 to 
1 2/5 in snout, equals interorbital; mouth cleft extends 1 
1/8 eye diameters behind eye, length 2 3/4 to 3 1/4 in 
head; teeth in jaws conic, biserial, inner lower larger; 
premaxillary with 3 median teeth surrounded by 2 outer 
rows laterally and 1 a.nteriorly, all more molar like with 
ago; vomer with blserial teeth in young increasing to form 
large ovoid patch of about 5 irregular series, median larg¬ 
est and all molar like; interorbital 6 1/3 to 7 1/4, convex. 
Gill opening nearly or quite equals eye. 
Dorsal origin about 1/3 to 1/2 in postrictal space, 
continuous behind with very short caudal; anal lower than 
dorsal. 
Dark or light brown with 24 to 30 dark brown rings, 
variably Interrupted, obsolete or largely even absent ex¬ 
cept at end of tail. Sometimes colora,tion when tending to 
absence of dark rings or blotches, obsurely marbled or 
mottled. Often dark blotch or streak at mouth corner. 
Red Sea, Mozambique, Natal, East Indies, Philippines, 
Formosa, Rui Kui, Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. 
