Upper jaw extends sbout half an eye-diameter beyond men- 
Gible. Pair of rather large canines, followed by small 
pair, in upper jaw before mandible. Teeth in jaws and on 
vomer uniserial, first lower pair little enlerged. Fleshy 
tongue not free. Front nostril in broad fleshy tube close 
before mandible tip. Hind nostril slit in upper iip close 
before eye. Interopbital slightly convex. Gill-opening 
equals ‘abéretb tial, Four peirs of pores on muzzle above, 
4 along upper lip and 2 behind each eye and 3 across occiput. 
Dorsal begins about over métddie: of depresséd pectoral and 
like anal with last rays little elevated. Tail end in firm 
and rather compressed point. 
Color in alcohol: largely uniform dull brownish. Hind 
half of head above and before gill-opening dusky. Dorsal 
pale brownish basally, blackish medially to very nerrow 
white edge. Anal similar. Pectoral brown. Iris pale slaty. 
Indistinct broad dark blotch extends from front eye edge 
well back beyond rictus. Length 468 to 490 mm, Two examples 
without data, likely from Fiji. This locality is given on 
our drawing, by Richardses 1858. 
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Ophichthys gohesii (Castéinsh). fag. ¥( 
Head 92; depth 26 1/3; snout 52 in head; gape 2 7/8; 
interorbital 7; mandible 2:2; pectoral 22. Body subcylindrical, 
combined head and trunk 1 5/6 in tail. Head 3 2/5 to vent, 
width 3 2/3 its own length. Snout conic, widit 1 1/5 its length. 
