670 PHYSOSTOMI. 



Gymnothorax punctato-fasciatus, Bleeeker, Gymnotli. Ind. Arcli. p. 167, and Atl. Ich. iv, p. 99, t. 

 clxxv, f. 4. 



Murmna puiictato-fasciata, Giintlier, Catal. viii, p. 106. 



Length of head 3| to 4:\ in the distance between the end of the snout and the vent : tail slightly longer 

 than the trunk. Eyes — situated about midway between the end of the narrow snout and the angle of the 

 mouth, 2/3 the length of snout. Mouth can be completely closed, the extent of its cleft equals 1/3 of the 

 length of the head. Gill-opening about the same size as the eye. Body rather slender. Teeth — pointed and 

 in a single row, without any basal lobe, occasionally there are 2 or 3 teeth forming an inner maxillary 

 row : canines of moderate size : 16 to 17 teeth in either mandible. Colours — oi a reddish brown, darkest alono- 

 the back. From 28 to 35 dark, more or less complete rings of an irregular character on the body and fins. 

 Head and ground colour between the rings, wdth blotches, spots, and fine lines. 



Hahitat. — Seas of India to the IMalay Archipelago. The example figured was from Madras, and is 13 

 inches in length. 



8. Mursena tessellata, Plate GLXXI, fig. 4. 



Gymnothorax fava.gineus, Blocb, Schn. p. 525, t. 105. 



Murcena favaginea. Guv. Reg. Anim. 



Tkyrodontis reticulata, McClelland, Cal. Joum. Nat. Hist. v. pp. 188, 216, pi. 7, f. 1 (not Bl. Schn.) 



Murcena tessellata and isingteena, Richardson, Ich. Sulphur, pp. 108, 109, t. 48, f. 1, and t. 55, f. 5-8, 

 and Erebus and Terror, pp. 86, 88 ; Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. v, p. 530, and Mursen. p. 74 ; GiJnther, 

 Catal. viii, p. 106. 



Murcena jrytJwn &nd favaginea, Kaup, Apodal Fish. p. 68, f. 52, 53. 



Thyrsoidea tessellata and •isingteena, Kaup, 1. c. pp. 75, 76, f. 67. 



Gytnnothorax isingteena and iessellatus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. iv, pp. 92, 93, t. clxxi, f. 3, clxxii, f. 1, and 

 clxxxi, f. 1. 



Length of head to gill-opening 3 to 3f in the distance between the end of the snout and the anus : tail 

 slightly longer or shorter than the trunk. Snout compressed. Eyes — situated slightly before the middle of the 

 distance between the angle of the mouth and the end of the snout. Length of cleft of mouth 2j to 21 in the 

 distance between the end of the snout and the gill-opening. Anterior nasal tubes 1/2 as long as eye. Teeth — 

 large, compressed, pointed, and in the adult in a single row, occasionally in the young a short internal row in 

 the maxilla. Fins — dorsal commences above the gill-opening. Colours — dark polj'gonal or rounded spots on 

 the head, body, and fins, which are separated by narrow light lines or interspaces; most or aU of the spots are 

 wider than the ground colour. 



Habitat. — From the East Coast of Africa and the Mauritius, through the seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago, and China. The example figured, which is 28 inches in length, came from Vizagapatam. 



9. Mursena fimbriata, Plate CLXXII, fig. 1. 



Bennett, Proc. Zoological Society, 1831, vol. i, p. 168; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 108. 



Murcena hiillata, Richards. Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fish. p. 86: Kaup, Apod. p. 81. f. 60. 



Murcena isingleena, Bleeker, Sumatra, p. 277 (not Richard.) 



Murcena isincjleenoicles, Bleeker, Mur. p. 48. 



Cfymnothorax isingleenoicles, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. iv, p. 91, t. 180, f. 1. 



Gymnothorax fimhriatus, Bleeker, Fauna Madagascar, etc., pt. iv, Poiss, p. 72. 



Length of head 3 to 3i in the distance between the end of the snout and the vent : tail 1/3 longer than 

 the trunk. Eye — rather nearer the angle of the mouth than the end of the narrow snout, from which last it 

 is distant from If to 2 diameters. Extent of cleft of mouth equal to 1/3 of the length of the head. Gill- 

 opening smaller than the eye. Teeth — pointed, and in a single row, without any basal lobe, occasionall}- there 

 are 2 or 3 teeth in a second inner maxillary row. Colours — olive brown, with a few black spots on the head, and 

 numerous irregularly formed ones on the body, dorsal and anal fins, many take a vertical direction, and few are 

 larger than the eye. Fins with a white edge. In some examples the spots are in 2 or 3 regular longitudinal 

 rows. 



A fine life-size drawing of this species, 16j inches long, exists in Sir W. Elliot's collection, it is termed 

 Chuka p6m, captured October 22nd, 1850. 



Habitat. — Madagascar, Coromandel Coast of India, Andaman islands to the Malay Archipelago. 



10. Murana pseudothyrsoidea, Plate CLXXIII, fig. 3. 



Bleeker, Celebes, p. 778, and Muraen. p. 44 ; Kaup, Apod. p. 65 ; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 112. 

 Gyrnncithorax pseuclothyrsoideus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. iv, p. 104, t. cxc, f. 2. 



Length of head 3i to 3f in the distance between the end of the snout and the vent : tail a little shorter 

 than the trunk. Eyes — nearer end of snout than angle of mouth. If to 2 diameters in the length of the snout, 

 and IJ apart. The extent of cleft of mouth 2|- the length of the head. The gill-opening about 1/3 wider 

 than the eye. Teetlt — in a single row, about 18 or 20 in either mandible, the 2 anterior being canines: canines 



