Nn.i239. APODAL FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 857 



II. Teeth in jaws in several series, those of one series enlarged and compressed, long 

 canines in front; vomer with several long series of teeth, the middle one of 

 very large canines; snout moderate; dorsal beginning above gill opening. 



Murseneso.r. 7. 



aa. Teeth in the jaws in three series, those of the median series containing long, 

 wide-set canines; vomer with very small teeth; i)ectoral and vertical fins well 

 developed, the dorsal inserted over the gill opening; snout very long, pointed; 

 tail shdrtci- than rest of l)ody Oxycoiiger. 8. 



7. MUR/ENESOX McClelland. 



Murienesox McCLELLAND,C'alcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., IV, 1843, p. 408 (tricuspidatn). 

 Ci/noponticns Costa, Fauna Napoli, Pesci., 1850, pi. xxviii {fero.v = savanna). 

 Brachycomjer Bleeker, Nederl. Tidsskr., Dierkunde, II, 1865, p. 236 {savanna). 

 (•ongreso.v Q\\.h, Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus., 1890, p. 234 {talabon). 



Body robust. Dorsal and anal fins well developed, the dorsal begin- 

 ning- nearly above gill opening. Mouth large; teeth in jaws in several 

 series, those of one series enlarged and depressed, forming long canines 

 ill front; vomer with several long series of teeth, the middle one of 

 strong canines. This genus contains numerous species of hirge, conger- 

 like eels, some of which are found in all warm seas. They are remark- 

 able for the sti^ong armature of the vomer. {Mnrcerui; Esox^ pike.) 



i6. MURiENESOX CINEREUS (Forsk^l). 

 HAMO. 



Mureena cinerea or tota cinerea Forskal, Descr. Anim., 1775, pp. X, 22, Red Sea. 



Mursenesox cinereus Gdnther, Cat. Fish., VIII, 1870, p. 46, Vizagapatam, Cal- 

 cutta, Philippines, Singapore, Amoy, Formosa, Japan, Australia. — Nvstrom, 

 K. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl., 1877, p. 46, Nagasaki. 



Muriena arabica Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 488, after Forskal. 



Murmna haqio Hamilton-Buchanan, Fish Ganges, XXIV, 1822, p. 364; (ianges 

 River. 



J/'//rarn^so.t; ftag^io Peters, Wiegm. Archiv., 1855, p. 270. — Kacp, Apodes, 1856, p. 

 116, pi. XIV, fig. 73. — Bleeker, Atlas. Ichth, Mumeu., p. 24, pi. xxvi, fig. 2, 

 Java, Pinang, Bintang, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines. 



OpMsurus I'oslraius Quoy and (jaimard, Voy. Uranie, 1846, p. 242, pi. li, fig. 1. 



Conger longirosiris Bennett, Life of Raffles, 1830, p. 692. 



Conger oxyrhynchus Eydocx and Soulevet, Voyage Bonite, I, \). 203, pi. ix, fig. 2. 



JAHrff'?ieso.f /r/r«.spicfrt to McClelland, Journ. Nat. Hist., IV, 1844, p. 409, ])1. xiv, 

 fig. 1, 1844, River Ganges. 



Coiigrus tricuspidatiis Richardson, Voy. Suljihur, Fish., 1846, \k 105, ])1. li, fig. 2, 

 and elsewhere. 



^f7tr,r)leso.r hamiltonl McClelland, Journ. Nat. Hist., V, 1844, p|). 182, 210, pi. viii, 

 fig. 3, River Ganges. 



Mursenesox bengalensis McClelland, Journ. Nat. Hist., Y, 1844, pp. 182, 210. 



Conger hanio Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss, 1846, p. 262, pi. cxiv, fig. 2, Naga- 

 saki. — Brevoort, Exped. Japan, p. 282, 1856, Shimoda. 



Congrus protervus HiCHAKTisoT^i, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fish., 1846, p. 110. 



Congrus angustidens Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fish., 1846, ]^. 110; 

 China. 



Congras brerifusjn.'^ Richardson, Voy. Erelnis and Terror, Fish., 1846, ji. 110; 

 locality unknown. 



Congers singapureiisis Bleeker, Verb. Bat. (Jen. Mur., XXV, p. 21, Singapore. 



Mursenesox singapuvensis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Mur., p. 25, pi. vii, fig. 2. 



