126 MUBMSIDJE. 



Family MURiENID^E. 



MUR^NA, Thunberg*. 



426. Muraena chlorostigma. [686. j 



Tliyrsoidea chlorostigma, Kaup, Cat. Ap. Fish. p. 89. 

 Gymnothorax chlorostigma, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. iv. p. 97, t. 178. f. 2. 



Zanzibar. Seychelles. East-Indian archipelago. 



427. Mursena tessellata. [592.] 



Muraena tasellata, Rich. Zool. Voy. Sulph. Fish. p. 109, t. 55. f. 5-8, and Zool. Voy. Ereb. fy Terr. 



Fish. p. 88. 

 Gymnothorax tessellatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 93, pi. 171. f. 3, and pi. 172. f. 1. 



The spots in this specimen are almost perfectly hexagonal, and separated by narrow 

 meshes of bright yellow. 



Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. 



428. Murana isingleena. [437.] 



Muraena isingteena and isingleena, Richards. Ichth. China, Rep. 15th Meet. Brit. Assoc, p. 314, and 



Zool. Voy. Sulph. Fish. p. 108, pi. 48. f. 1, and Ichth. Voy. Ereb. $ Terr. p. 86. 

 Thyrsoidea isingleena, Kaup, Cat. Ap. Fish. p. 75, pi. 11. f. 57. 

 Gyinnothorax isingteena, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. iv. p. 92, t. 181. f. 1. 



In the specimens from Zanzibar the spots had no white edges. • 

 Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. China Seas. 



429. Muraena isingleenoides. [687.] 



Mursena isingleena, Bleek. Nat. Tydsch. Ned. Ind. ix. Sumatra, p. 227 (not Richards.). 

 Gymnothorax isingleenoides, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. iv. p. 91, t. 179. f. 1, and t. 180. f. 1. 



Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. 



430. Muraena picta. [41, 462, 605, 717.] 



Muraena picta, /. N. AM de Murcen. et Ophichth. in Thunb. Diss. iii. p. 6, t. 2. f. 2. 



Mursenophis pantherina, Lacep. v. pp. 628, 641, 643. 



Mursena variegata, Quoy &; Gaim. Voy. Uran. Poiss. t. 52. f. 1 ; Richards. Zool. Voy. Ereb. t$ Terr. 



Fish. p. 84. 

 Muraena siderea, Richards. Zool. Voy. Ereb. § Terr. Fish. pp. 84, 85, t. 48. f. 1-5. 

 Gymnothorax pictus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. iv. p. 87, 1. 170. f. 3, 4, t. 172. f. 3, 1. 173. f. 1, and t. 189. f. 3. 



Of all the specimens from Zanzibar, only one [717] has the larger dark round spots. 

 Zanzibar. Aden. East-Indian archipelago. 



* Undetermined specimen [451]. 



