46 MTn?,l!NTD.'E. 



a. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Adult : not in good state. Malayan peninsula. From Dr. Can- 



tor's Collection. 



c. Adult : skin. Malayan peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



2. Mursenesox talabouoides. 



MiirjBna myrus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 20. 



Conger talabonoides, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Mur. p. 20. 



Mui-a3nesox talabouoides, Bleek, Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 23, pi. 10. fig. 2. 



Anterior vomerine teeth slender, straight, the posterior com- 

 pressed, with basal lobes, the teeth of the outer mandibulary series 

 pointing outwards. Snout very long and narrow. 



Java. 

 a. Type of the species. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 6. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



3. Mursenesox cinereus. 



Murrona cinerea, Forsk. Descr. An. pp. x and 22. 



arabica, Bl. Schn. p. 488. 



bagio, JZam. Buck. pp. 24, 364. 



Ophisurus rostratus, Quoy Sr Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 242, pi. 61. 



Conger longirostris, Benn. in Life of Raffles, p. 692. 



oxyiiiyuchus, Eydoux ^ Soul. Voy. Bon. i. p. 203, pi. 9. fig. 2. 



Murtenesox tricuspidata, 3I'Clell. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 409, 



pi. 24. fig. 1. 



hamiltonii, M'aell. I. c. v. pp. 182, 210, pi. 8. fig. 3. 



bengalensis, M'Clell. I. c. 



Cougrus tricuspidatus, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Fish. p. 105, pi. 51. 



fig. 2 (lialf-growu) ; Ichth. Chin. p. 312 ; or Voy. Ereb. cV Terr. 



Fish. p. 110. 

 Conger hamo, Schley. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 202, pi. 114. fig. 2; 



Richards. Voy. Ereh. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 111. 

 bagio. Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 316 ; Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iii. 



p. 777 ; or Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Mur. p. 22. 

 Congrus protervus, Richards. Voy. Ereh. 8f Terr. Fish. p. 110. 



angustidens, Richards. I. c. 



brevicuspis, Richards. I. c. p. 111. 



Conger singapurensis, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. Mur. xxv. p. 21. 

 Murtenesox bagio, Peteis, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 270 ; Kaup, Apod. 



p. 116, pi. 14. fig. 73 ; Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 24, pi. 26. fig. 2 ; 



K7>er, Novara, Fisch. p. 373. 

 singapurensis, Bleek. I. c. p. 25, pi. 7. fig. 2 ; Kner, I. c. p. 373. 



Vomerine teeth compressed, with a basal lobe in front and be- 

 hind ; the teeth of the inner series of the mandible similar in form 

 to, and much smaller than, those of the vomer, and but rarely with 

 basal lobes ; those of the outer series rudimentary, not bent out- 

 wards. 



The length of the snout and the number and form of the teeth 

 arc subject to slight individual variations ; but by the characters 

 given the species will be readily recognized. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago to Japan and Australia. 



