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well developed, the dorsal beginning' nearly above the gill- opening - . 

 The posterior nostril opposite to the middle of the eye ; the 

 anterior with a very short tube. Eyes large. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. 



916. CONGROMTJEJENA HABENATA, Bichai'tls. 



Gr until,, Cat. Fishes VIII., p. 42. — Eicharcls., Yoy. Erebus and 



Terror, pi. 50, fig. 1-5. 



Upper jaw much projecting beyond the lower. Eips moderately 

 developed ; the cleft of the mouth extends nearly to below the 

 middle of the eye. Tail rather longer than the body. Dorsal 

 fin beginning immediately behind the base of the pectoral. 

 Vertical fins with a narrow black margin. 



Melbourne (once seen). Bondi (one specimen cast on beach). 



Genus Murjenesox, M'Clell. 



Scaleless. Snout produced. Jaws with several series of small 

 closely set teeth ; anteriorly with canines ; vomer with several 

 long series of teeth, the middle of which is formed by large 

 conical or compressed teeth. Gill-openings wide, approximate to 

 the abdomen. Eectoral and vertical fins well developed, the 

 dorsal beginning above the gill-opening. Two pairs of nostrils, 

 the posterior opposite to the upper part or middle of the eye. 



Warm Seas. 



817. Mur.exesox cixereus, Forsk. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes VIII., p. 46. 



M. bacjio, Peters.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Mur., pi. 26, fig. 2. 



" The Silver Eel" of Sydney Fishermen. 



Vomerine teeth compressed, with a basal lobe in front and 

 behind ; the teeth of the inner scries of the mandible similar in 

 form to, and much smaller than, thoso of the vomer, and but 



