1442 
A, N. S. P. St. Croix, West Indies. Dr. R. E. 
Griffiths. Length 348 mm. Dried skin. Pale brown, 
paler below. Back mottled darker, formed by deep 
brown blotch at base of each scale. Ten obscure 
brownish blotches along side. Scapular arch above 
with large dusky blotch. Iris brown. Fins pale brown, 
each dorsal ray with 5 deeper diffuse brownish blotches 
and each caudal lobe with 6 transverse bars of same 
shade, narrower on upper and lower edges of fin and 
braodly expanding towards inner edges of lobes. Other 
fins apparently uniform. 
