158 



)) pylorus_, Avhich is siluated^ about ^/^ of the leoglit of the head, behind the gill-openings. 

 «The stomach is an elongated cylindcr, exceedinj doublé the kngth of the liead. It -was 

 » fiUed -svilh cruslaceu (shrimps and crabs). The lenglit of the simple intestinal canal is 

 » somewhat less than Vg of the total length of the eel. The air-vessel is elongated, spindle- 

 » shaped, of a silvery while, firnily adhering to the spine ; the length is about 1 '/j of the 

 «head; it occupies nearly the posterior half of the abdominal cavity. The ovaties extend 

 )) fiom the cavity of the tail to the heart; they are firmly adhering to the sides of the spine, 

 ))v.illi their free, lower margins festooned or puckered; the ova are minute, of a 'whitish 

 yeliow colour. 



» In another female Ophiurus boro , measuring 43^8 inch in total length, the number 

 ))of fin-rays (all doublé), Avas: D. 880. A. 247. P. 12. Br. XXV. 



» Tlie first 9 branchiostcgous rays of the riglit side are separated from the 'rest by an 

 )) interval, and pass above the branchiostcgous rays of the left side. The succeeding 16 right 

 » rays partly cover and pass beneath those of the left side. The rays of the left side are 

 )) all closely united. On each side, three rays are bipartite, so that counted from the ex- 

 )) lieiiiilies of tbc rays the number appears to be 28. But, counted from the origin, there 

 T, are on each side 23 rays. 



Ophisurus hjala Buch. Ham. Gang. Fish. p. 20, 363. tab. S fig. S. Cuv. Règn. anira. ed. 

 1'^ II p. -Sol. McClell. Apod. Fish. Béng. Galc. Journ. Nat. Ilist. V p. 184, 183, 

 211. Riüliards. Zool. Voy. Ercb. Tcrr. Fish. p. 97, 102. BIkr. Verh. Bat. Gen. XXV 



Ophis. corpore cylindracco valde elongato , altitudine 34 ad 43 in ejus longitudine ; capite acuto conyexo, 

 corpore vix vel non latiore 9 et paulo ad \2\ in longitudine corporis , plus triplo longiore quam alto ; ocu- 

 lis diametro 14 ad 17 in longitudine capitis, 2i circiter in longitudine rostri ; rostro acuto convexo 5 ad 

 -6^ circiter in longitudine capitis, longiore quam basi lato , apice parum carnoso; tubulis nasalibus oculo bre- 

 vioribus; rictu paulo post oculos produclo 3 circiter in longitudine capitis; maxilla superiore maxilla inferiore 

 multo longiore; dentibus omnibus acutis subaequalibus; dentibus palutinis biseriatis serie externa 2G p. m., serie 

 interna p. m. 2Ö, seriebus dentes nasales non vel vix attingentibus; nasalibus biseriatis 4 vel 5 dentibus ce- 

 teris obtusioribus ; vomerinis 28 p. m. anticis biseriatis apicem vittae dentalis palatinae attingentibus, posti- 

 cis uniserlatis, anticis spatio glabro a dentibus nasalibus remotis ; inframaxiUaribus anterioribus uniseriatis 

 posterioribus biseriatis serie externa utroque latere p. m. 22 ad 24, serie interna minimis p. m. 10; apertu- 

 ra branchiuli seniilunari ; cute laevi ; linea laterali nucha incipiente, tubulis contiguis valde conspicuis nota- 

 ta; cauda apice conipressa ; pinna dorsali | longitudinis vel tota fere longitudine capitis post aperturam 

 branchialem incipiente poslice euiarginata prope caudae apicem desinente ; pectoralibus rotundatis 2j circi- 

 ter in longitudine capitis ; anali in anteriore dimidio 3^e sextae corporis partis incipiente , postice e.Tiargi- 

 nata, radiis posticis radiis dorsalibus posticis opposita ; colore corpora superue viridi, inferne flavescentc ; 

 dorso fuscescente-viridi punctulato ; pinnis viridi-fiavesccntibus. 



B. 25? D. 2G0 p. m. P. 11. A. 2üO p. m. 



Sviion. Ophisurus puncUculala Swains. Fish. II p. 334. 



