672 PHTSOSTOMI. 



Thyrsoidea lineopinnis and Boschii, Kaup, Apod. pp. 82, 87. 



Murmia infernalis, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii, pp. 347, 354. 



TcvniojMs Westphali, Kaup, Aale Hamb. Mus. Nacht. p. 1. 



Gymnothorax Boschi and monoclirous, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. iv, pp. 105, 106, t. cxc, f. 3, and t. cxci, fig. 2. 



Gymnothomx Jacksoniensis, Bleekev, Verst. en Meded. Ak. Wet. Amst. xv, 1863, p. 450. 



Gymnothorax ivfernalis, Poey, Pish. Nat. Cuba, ii, p. 258. 



Murcena afra, Giintlier, Catal. viii, p. 123. 



Leno-th of head 3| in the distance between the end of the snout and the vent : tail slightly longer than 

 the trunk. ° J?ve5— diameter about 1/2 the length of the snout, and situated slightly nearer angle of the mouth 

 than to the end of the snout. Length of cleft of mouth about 2f in the length of the head. Snout pomted : 

 anterior nasal tubes about 1/2 as long as the orbit. Gill-opening not quite so wide as the eye. Teeth— in old 

 examples in one row, but in the young usually in two rows in both jaws. Colours— a, light ground, blotched 

 and marked all over with brown, or of a general brownish black. 



Ha&rtai.— Recorded from Tranquebar (Bl. Sch.), Indian Ocean, Australia, and tropical parts of the 

 Atlantic. 



h. — Tail at least twice as long as trimh. 

 14. Muraena macrura, Plate CLXX, fig. 5. 



Murana macrxirus, Bleeker, Bant. p. 324; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 127. 



Thijrsoidea longissima, Kaup, Apod. p. 82. 



Thyrsoidea macrurus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. iv, p. Ill, t. clxvi, f. 2 ; Kner, Novara Fisch. p. 386. 



Leno-th of head from snout to gill-opening, 1/4 of the distance between the end of the snout and the 

 anus : tail Irom If to twice as long as the trunk. i7(/es -situated in the front 1/2 of the distance between 

 the ano-le of the mouth and the end of the snout, about 2 diameters from end of snout. Tee^A— pomted, those 

 in the maxilla and mandibles in two rows ; canines badly developed. Fins— the dorsal anteriorly is low and 

 densely enveloped in akin, it commences midway between the gape of the mouth and the gill-openmg. 

 Colours— nmtorm brown, the fins tinged with black. , • , , 



The example figured was from Malabar, and is of the variety longissima, Kaup, which has the body 

 comparatively longer than in 7/iftcn«ra. ,. -.r. ^ ■ ^ , m • ■ .v 



Eabi tat. —Seas of India to the Tvlalay Archipelago. It attains upwards of 10 feet m length, ihis is the 

 SeroAn famhu, Tamil, adverted to by Jerdon. 



B. — Teeth in jaws jiointed : globular on vomer. 

 15. Muraena thyrsoidea, Plate CLXXII, fig. 3. 



Eichards. Sulphur, Ich. p. Ill, and Erebus and Terror, Fish. p. 90; Cantor, Catal. p. 330, pi. v, f . 5 ; 

 Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 113. 



Murcena griseobadia, Richardson, Erebus and Terror, Fish. p. 89. 



Murcena prosopeion, Bleeker, Sumatra, p. 300, and Murffin. p. 73. 



Thyrsoidea griseobadia, arenata Siiid prosopeion, Kaup, Apod. pp. 74, 85, 87. 



Gymnothorax prosopeion, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. iv, p. 88, t. clsxxiii, f. 3. 



Length of head 3^ in the distance between the end of the snout and the vent : tail from 1/6 to 1/3 

 lonn-er than the trunk. Eyes-l^ diameters from end of snout, which they are nearer to than the angle of the 

 mouth. Anterior nasal tubes equal in length 2/3 of the vertical diameter of the eye. Length of cleft of mouth 

 3'- in the lencvth of the head. Gill-openings rather larger than the eye. Teei/i— conical and biserial laterally 

 on the maxilfa • about 23 on either ramus of the mandibles : vomerine teeth globular and_in..ajwvs : no large 

 canines • the mouth cannot be completelv shut. F/»8— dorsal more than 2/3 as high as the body. Cohurs-oi 

 a lio-ht brown covered all over with closely set purplish spots amongst which are light Imes forming a net- work : 

 gilUopening sometimes with a black mark around it : no white edge to fins. Bleeker shows a light lower 



edge to the anal fin. rr, . , i m, i c j • 



Ha6(fai.— Andamans to the Malay Archipelago, China and the Tonga islands. The example figured is 



14j inches in length, and was from Port Blair. 



16. Muraena picta, Plate CLXXII, fig. 4. 

 Ahl, De Mur. et Ophich. in Thunb. Diss, iii, p. 6, t. ii, f. 2 ; Giinther, Fish. Zanz. p. 126, and Catal. 



^'"' ^' Gymnothorax pidus, Bl. Schn. p. 529 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. iv, p. 87, t. clxx, fig. 3, 4, and t. clxxii, fig. 3, 

 and t. clxxiii, fig. 3, and clxxxix, f. 3 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 384. 



Muramophis pantherinus, Lacep- v, pp. 628, 641, 643. 



Murcena variegata, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 246, t. Hi, f. 1. o r- i r -n>i i 



Murmia lita and siderea, Eichards. Erebus and Terror, Fish. pp. 84, 85, pi. xlvin, t. 8. f. 1-5 ; Bleeker, 

 Moluk. p. 294, Mur. p. 47. and Ternate, p. 383. 



Muroena Pfeiffcri, Bleeker, Celebes, p. 173, and Mur. p. 72. 



