about half of eye in length; hind nostril in simple tube 
about 1/3 longer than front one, over front third of eye. 
Gill-opening little below middle in depth, about 2/3 of eye. 
Pair of pores on snout above nesrer tip than eye; 4 pores 
slong each side above and below. Dorsal origin about lest 
third between eye and gill-opening. Caudal long as eye. 
Color in alcohol: dark sepia brown generally. Sides 
with 3 rows of longitudinally blackish rounded blotches, 
in about 25 series, not greatly larger than eye. On belly 
and below these joined by blackish transverse line or by 
fellow. On head these form 3 black transverse bands, first 
near mandible tip, second below eye and third at rictus. 
Most everywhere paler to whitish blotches between blackish 
blotches, but smaller on body posteriorly. Dorsal and anal 
fins pale brown with blackish marginal biotches, about 
twice as numerous as those on trunk. Length 2350 mm, One 
& 
example without locality, likely from Polynesia’. 
urgen4a 
Gunther includes M, kailuse Jordan and Evermann, and 
CO 
fi. lampra Jenkins., as synonyms. In coloration the mark- 
ings are more regular on our example than in any of the pub- 
lished figures. 
a TD aT A TTT ce EE omg HE OI OT en 8 ES TOTTI ELLE LOL TI ID A TR CN I ES EN AE RR 
25 Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 17, 1910, p. 408. 
