52 MURiENlDja. 



Body short, much compressed. Nostrils ou the margin of the 

 upper lip. Pectorals nearly iuvisible. Vertical fins well developed, 

 dorsal commencing somewhat behind the gill-opening. 

 West Indies. 



1. Chilorhinus suensonii. 

 Lilt ken, I. c. 

 Snout short, obtuse, depressed ; cleft of the mouth narrow. Tail 

 somewhat longer than the body. (Ltk.) 

 St. Croix. 



19. MUR^NICHTHYS. 

 Murfeuichthys, likek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. 1853, Mur. p. 71. 

 Body long, cylindrical, vermiform. Nostrils on the margin of 

 the upper lip. Pectoral fins none. Dorsal fin low, or rudimentary, 

 commencing at a great distance behind the gill-opening. Gill- 

 opening narrow. Eyes small. 

 East- Indian archipelago. 



1. Mursenichthys macropterus. 



Bkek. Act. Soc. Sc. Lulo-NcderL ii. Amhoijna, viii. p. 91 ; or Atl. 

 Ichth. Mur. p. 31, pi. 7. fig. 3. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the gill-opening than to the 

 vent. Snout pointed, the greater part of the teeth biserial. The 

 cleft of the mouth extends somewhat behind the eye. 



Amboyna, Solor. 

 a. Type of the species, nine inches long. Ambojnia. From Dr. 



Bleeker's Collection. 

 h. Fourteen inches long. Presented by the Royal College of 

 Surgeons. 



2. Mursenichthys gymnopterus. 



Murfeua frvmnopterus, Bleek. J'er/i. Bat. Gen. xxv. 3Iu): p. 52. 

 Mura3nichthvs gyumopterus, B/eik. I. c. p. 71 ; or Kat. Tyds. Ned. 

 Ind. iv. p.'SOrs"; or Atl. Ichth. Mm: p. 32, pi. G. fig. 1. 



microstonius, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Bierk. ii. p. 39 ; or Atl. Ichth. 



Mm: p. 32, pi. 6. fig. 2 (mouth too small). 

 Origin of the dorsal fin far in advan-ce of the vent, and nearer to 

 it than to the gill-opening. Snout obtuse. Teeth obtuse, forming 

 bands. The cleft of the mouth extends considerably behind the eye. 

 Java, Celebes, Batu. 



a. Type of M. gi/mnoj^terus. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Type of M. microstonms. Makassar. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 



lection. — In this specimen the cleft of the mouth is of the same 

 width as in the other. 



3. Muraenichthys schultzii. 



Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Lid. xiii. p. 3G6; or Atl. Ichth. Mm. p. 33, 

 pi. 4. fig. 3." 

 Body short. Origin of the dorsal fin nearly opposite to the vent. 



