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Eighth Group. OPHICHTHYINA. 



20. LIURANUS. 



Ijeiuranus, Blceh. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Murcvn. p. 3G. 

 Stetliopteru.s, Bleek. I. c. 



Eody cylindrical. Teeth pointed, of moderate size ; those of the 

 intermaxillary in a double series, the others uniserial ; vomerine 

 teeth absent. Snout pointed, much projecting beyond the mouth, 

 ■\vliich is rather narrow, not extending beyond the hind margin of 

 the orbit. Eye smaU. Dorsal and anal fins low ; the former com- 

 mencing a short distance behind the gill-opening ; pectoral very 

 small. Extremity of the tail free. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



1. Liuranus semicinctus. 



Ophisurus semicinctus, Bennett, in Beechei/s Toy. p. 66, tab. 20. 



Cphisiirus ? (Sphagebranchus ?) vimineus, Richards. T oy. Sulph. 



Fish. p. 107, tab. 52. ligs. 16-20 (young). 

 Opbisiu-us vimineus, Richards. Fish. Chin. p. 314 ; Voy. Eieh. %■ 



Terr. Fish. p. 106. 

 Leiuranus lacepedii, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Iftirtsn. p. 36. 

 Stetbopterus vimineus, Bleek. I. c. pp. 24, 36. 

 Leiuranus cohibrinus, Kaup, Apod. p. 2 (synon. part) ; Bleek. Atl. 



Irhfhi/ol. 3Ii/r<z-n. p. 42, pi. 19. fig. 1 (synon. part.) ; Kner, Nuvara, 



Fisch. p. 378. 



The length of the head (to the giU-opening) is contained six times 

 and a half in the distance of the gill-opening from the vent. Tail 

 shorter than or as long as the body. The entire fish with from 25 to 

 35 broad brown bands, which do not extend across the abdomen. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



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

 h. Half-grown. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 

 c. Young. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. — Type of Op7«'- 

 surus vimineics. 



21. OPHICHTHYS. 



Ophichtbys, sp., Ahl, Speci7n. Ichthyol. 1789, p. 9. 



Ophisurus, Pcecilocephalus el Qpecilia, Lacep. 



Ccecula, Vahl, Skrivt. Naturh. Selsk. iii. 1794, p. 149. 



Sphagebranchus, Bl. Schn. 



Murwnopsis, LesiKur. 



Aptericbtbys, Dumeril, Ichth. Anal. p. 205. 



Leptorbyncbus, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pise. 



Icbtbyapus, Bris. de Barneville, Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 219. 



Centruropliis,Poecilocepbalus, Microdonopbis, Ccecilopbis, Ophisurus, 

 Hei-petoicbtbys, Bracbysomophis, Elapsopis, Mystriophis, Muraj- 

 nopi?is, Ecbiopsis, Scytalophis, Leptorhinopbis, I'isoodonophis, 

 Lanmostoma, Anguisurus, Sphagebranchus, Cirrbinuu-ana, Calle- 

 chelys, Icbtbyapus, Ophisurapbis, Crotalopsis, Kaup. 



Leptognatbus (Sicains.), Acbiropbichtbys, &c., Blceker. 



Macrodonophis, Uranicbthys, kc, Poei/, Rcpcrt. Fis.-nat. Cidia, ii. 

 pp. 251, 256. 



