SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE FAUNA. 



Habit. General and common. 

 Season. Particularly in the autumn. 

 Quality. 2. 



Gen. III. Myrus, Kaup. 



326. MYRUS VULGARIS, Kaup. 

 Conger myrus, Cuv. 



Grongo muro (//.). 



Vulg., Grongo {Ven., Tr., Finme). 



Grongo di sabbia {Fiicme). 



Croat., Morska zmija {Spalato). 

 Habit. General ; rare ; Quarnero, Trieste, Spalato. 

 Qua titj'. Inferior to No. 325. 



Gen. IV. Ophichthys, Gtlir* 



327. OPHICHTHYS SERPENS, L. 

 Murasna serpens, L. 



Ophisurus serpens, Lac. 



Ofisuro serpente (//.). 

 Habit. General, but rare ; Almissa (Dalmatia), 

 Trieste ; the specimen caught at Almissa 

 measured 2*29 metres; it has been caught 

 at Trieste in December. 



328. OPHLCHTHYS LMBERBLS, Delar. 

 Sphagebranchus imberbis, Delar. 

 Sphagebranchus oculatus, Risso. 

 Sfagebranco sbarbato (//.). 



Habit. Very rare ; it has been observed on the 

 Dalmatian coast ; length, twelve to sixteen 

 inches ; flesh excellent. 



Gen. V. Mur.ena, Gthr. 



329. MURAENA HELENA, L. 

 The Murry. 



La Murene. 



Die Murane. 



Murena elena. 



Vulg., Murena, Morena, Bisatto tegra, 



Bisatto indevisa {Ven.). 

 Croat, Ugor sari, Murina, Gruj {Croat. 



littoral). 

 Ugorova majka, Mrina {Spalato). 

 Habit. A rare species in the north of the 

 Adriatic, — Trieste, Zara ; frequents the rocky 

 beds, and has a southern extension ; it is 

 common off the islands in the open sea, as 

 Lagosta and Lesina, and is also caught off 

 the islands of Solta and Zirona, near Spalato. 

 Season. Winter. 

 Quality. Flesh white and savoury. 



330. MURsENA UNI CO LOR, Delar. 

 Murena monaca (//.). 



Habit. Southern Adriatic ; specimen from 

 Otranto; smaller than No. 329. 



Order— LOPHOBRANCH II. 



Fam. Syngnathid^; 

 Gen. I. Siphonostoma, Kaup. 

 331. SIPHONOSTOMA TYPHLE, L. 

 Syngnathus typhle, L. 

 Broad-nosed Pipe-fish. 

 Der gemeine Nadelfisch, die Seenadel. 

 Sifonostomo tifle (//.). 

 Vulg., Angusigola falsa, Angusigola salvatica, 

 Ago di mar, getieric terms {Tr., Ven., 

 Fiume). 



* Ophichthys ctecus. (See No. 382.) 



Pipe-fishes. 



Croat., Igla diva, Igla morska, silo, generic 

 Habit. General and common ; Sebenico, Spalato. 

 Season. February, September. 

 Quality, o. 



332. SIPHONOSTOMA RONDELETIL, 

 Delar. 



Syngnathus viridis, Risso. 

 Habit. Rare ; not uncommon at Spalato. 

 Season. January, March, May, September. 

 Note. Very similar to No. 331 ; Dr. Gunther 

 considers them synonymous. 



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