70 CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



131. MURiENA TkOSCHELI. 



Murrena Trosclieli, Bleeker, Muranoiden, dc. 



Nasal teeth, 10-12 ; 1-2 on the mesial line ; palatines, 9 ; vonie- 

 rines, 18, in two rows; mandibulars, 15. Dorsal commencing 

 before the gills. Anus in the mid-length. Height of the body, 

 one-twentieth of the length. Snout, convex, pointed, not quite 

 twice the length of the e_ye. Bleeker describes the colour of the 

 body, and fins as dark brown, reticulated and somewhat marbled 

 by yellowish-green. 



Rays: D. 318; A. 225; C. 12. 



Total length, 6-89 in. 



Sumatra [Bleeker). 



132. MURJCNA CHRYSOPS. 



Murtena chrysops, Kaup [Paris Museum). 



Nasal teeth, 7, with a short one at the symphysis; none on the 

 mesial line, having, perhaps, been broken away. Palatines, 8 ; 

 vomerines, 9, very short, and forming an irregular row; mandibu- 

 lars, 12. 



A rather slender Murana, with a pretty sharply pointed tail. 

 Snout considerably obtuse, and containing the length of the diame- 

 ter of the eye once and three-quarters. The anterior nostril-tubes 

 reach beyond the lips, and the dorsal commences over the gills. 

 Upper pai'ts black, with yellowish-brown stars and star-like figures. 

 Lips and mandible yellowish-brown, with black zigzag markings. 



Total length, 9-38 in. Length of tail, 4-92 in. 



Otaheite (one spec, sent by M. Dubois). 



Genxjs 27. SIDERA, Kaup. 



Only one conical tooth on the mesial line. Vomerines, short, 

 granular, in two rows, which imite in a point posteriorly. Gape, 

 not opening very widely. The species have dotted skins. 



a. Nasals uniserial ; viandihulars, at the symphysis, biserial. 



133. SiDEEA Pfeifferi. 



Muraena Pfeifferi, Bleeker, Add. zu Murcen. 



Nasal teeth, 12; palatines, 12, pointed and compressed; vome- 

 rines, 20-22 ; mandibulars, 18-20 in the outer row, 2 in the inner 

 row towards the front. Snout convex, less than double the length 

 of the eye, having 3-4 pores on each side, near the eye. Dorsal 

 fin cnnimencing scarcely before the gill-opening. Anal originating 

 in the fore-half of the fish. Bleeker gives the following descrip- 



