. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 82 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 Remarks.—The dentition of this species, especially the lack of pre- maxillary and vomerine teeth, distinguishes it from others of the region and, perhaps, of the entire tropical Pacific. SCHULTZIDIA JOHNSTONENSIS (Schnltz and Wooda) FiGUBE 17 Muraenichthys johnstonensis ScHtTLTz and Woods, Joum, Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 39, p. 172, fig. 1,1949 (type locality, Johnston Island). SPECIMENS STUDIED Holotype.—'NM. No. 141268, Johnston Island, northern reef, August 28-29,1947, Schultz, 145 mm. total len
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 82 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 Remarks.—The dentition of this species, especially the lack of pre- maxillary and vomerine teeth, distinguishes it from others of the region and, perhaps, of the entire tropical Pacific. SCHULTZIDIA JOHNSTONENSIS (Schnltz and Wooda) FiGUBE 17 Muraenichthys johnstonensis ScHtTLTz and Woods, Joum, Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 39, p. 172, fig. 1,1949 (type locality, Johnston Island). SPECIMENS STUDIED Holotype.—'NM. No. 141268, Johnston Island, northern reef, August 28-29,1947, Schultz, 145 mm. total length. Paratypes.— No. 141269, taken with holotype and bearing same data, total length 81 mm.; No. 141692, Bikini Atoll, Arji Island, lagoon, depth 20 to 40 feet, August 7, 1946, Brock and Herald, 1 specimen, 122 mm. Description.—Greatest depth 24 to 30; head to ; snout to anus to , to dorsal fin origin to ; all in total length. Greatest depth ; tip of snout to tip of chin 11 to 15; eye 11 to 13,. Figure 17.—Holotype of Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz and Woods) ( No. 141268), from Johnston Island. (Drawing by Dorothea B. Schultz.) snout to ; interorbital space to 10; snout to rictus to ; all in length of head. Precision measurements, expressed in thou- sandths of the total length, are given in table 7. Posterior nasal opening in upper lip below front of eye, with valvu- lar flap; anterior nostrils tubular, their bases opposite tip of chin, no papilla between them on lip as in retropinnis; no groove on underside of snout between nostrils; eye small, without free margin; dorsal fin origin about to head lengths behind anus; anal origin close be- hind anus; both dorsal and anal fins confluent with small, minutely rayed caudal fin; anus a little behind front third of total length; gill opening a small pore on lower side; no pectoral fin; lateral line near middle of sides incomplete, ending a lit
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