MURKNID.F. 



APODAL 



MALACOPTERYG11. MVR2EMDJE. 



THE MUR^ENA. 



Murana Helena, LINNJEUS. BLOCH, pt. v. pi. 152. 



,, La Mure/ig, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. j>. 352. 

 ,, ,, The Mur<rne, COUCH, MS. 



It ,, ,, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 479. 



MUR/ENA. Generic Characters. Body elongated ; no pectoral fins ; branchial 

 opening a minute o-ifice on each side ; a single row of teeth in each jaw; dorsal 

 and anal fin very low, united. 



MR. COUCH is the only British naturalist I have heard of 

 who has obtained an example of this beautifully marked 

 species on the English coast. The following is Mr. Couch's 

 account, copied from his MS. : 



A specimen, the first on record as a British fish, was 

 caught by a fisherman of Polperro, October 8th, 1834. 



Its Icntjth was four feet four inches ; body very flaccid, 



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rounded anteriorly, compressed and tapering towards the tail : 

 the whole body seemed plump. Before the eyes it is slender 

 and sharp; jaws equal ; gape moderately large ; teeth long, 



