68 CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



and one black one, exist on the edge of the dorsal in each interval 

 of the bands. 



Total length, 17-32 in. Length of tail, 9-06 in. 



Eed Sea {Clot Bey). 



1Q6. MUR^NA PYTHON, fig. 52. 



Murfena python, Kaup. {British Miisemii). 



Is one of the largest of the entire family. Colour, black, with a 

 handsome yellow network spread over the whole body, separating 

 the black tint into irregularly round spots, very different from the 

 spots and bands of Pcecilojyhis catenatus (No. 175). On each side 

 of the throat, there are about 15-16 spots, and near the tail 8-9. 

 In Thyrsoidea isingleena, the spots are less numerous, more bean- 

 shaped, and the meshes of the network are neither so regular nor 

 so equally broad. 



Total length, 45-29 in. Length of tail, 20-86 in. 



Africa (British Museum, by Mr. Nimrao). 



127. MUR.ENA VENOSA. 



Muraena venosa, lump. 



On the -whol* nasal bone, 8 teeth ; on each palate bone, 8 r 

 on the mandible, 8, all pretty long, and curved backwards; vorae- 

 rines, 6, short and obtuse. A large specimen wants teeth on the 

 mesial line ; but, in a young individual, there is a single tooth 

 under the integument. Front nostril-tubes reaching beyond the 

 lips. Diameter of the eye contained nearly twice in the length 

 of the snout. Dorsal commencing nearly at the occiput. The 

 young specimen has the pores irregularly encircled with white, and 

 the head dotted and marked by lighter-coloured star-like specks. 

 Dorsal not distinctly spotted. 



Total length, 12-65 in. Length of tail, 6-50 in. 



Timor. (Two spec, in Leyden Museum.) 



(3. Biserial vomerine teeth. 



128. MUR^NA FAVAGINEA, fig. 53. 



Mursena favaginea, Cuv. 



Gymnothorax faviginea. Block, Schn. Syst. 525, t. 105. 



Thserodontis reticulatus, M'Clell. Calc. Journ., July, 1854. 



Nasal teeth, 12 ; on the mesial line, 3 ; palatines, 10 ; vomerines, 

 11-12 ; mandibulars, 18, of which the foremost 5 are the longest. 

 Between the second and third fore ones, there is a little toothlet 

 which is easily overlooked. Cuvier ranks this species among those 

 which have uniserial vomerines, while M'Clelland describes the 

 vomerine teeth as biserial. In a specimen sent from Malabar, by 

 Dussumier, and preserved in spirits, I could perceive only a single 



