72 MUR.ENID.K. 



mouth of moderate width ; eye rather small, its diameter being less 

 than one-half of the length of the snout. Posterior nostril in ad- 

 vance of the eye. Intermaxillary teeth in a double longitudinal 

 series ; vomerine teeth in a triple series anteriorly, and in a double 

 posteriorly ; maxillary and mandibulary teeth uniserial. Fins well 

 developed ; the pectoral nearly one-third of the length of the head ; 

 dorsal commencing above the end of the pectoral. Tail one-third 

 longer than the body. 



Singapore. 

 a. Type of the species, 21 inches long. Prom Dr. Blocker's Col- 

 lection. 



35. OpMchthys macrochir. 



Ophisurus macrochir, Ulcck. T'trh. Hut. Gen. x.w. Murccn. p. 27; 



Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. vii. p. 44(i. 

 Centrurophis maerochir, Kmip, Apod. p. 5. 



Ophiclithys macrochir, lileek. Ail. Ichthyol. Muran. p. 54, tab. 20. 

 fig. 1. 

 Coloration uniform. The length of the head is one-fourth of the 

 distance of the gill-opening from the vent. Snout pointed ; cleft of 

 the mouth of moderate width, extending behind the eye, two-sevenths 

 of the length of the head. Eye small, one-half of the length of the 

 snout, situated in the anterior fourth of the length of the head. 

 Teeth pointed, fixed ; those of the intermaxillary and vomer biserial, 

 the others uniserial. Gill-openings rather close together. Fins 

 well developed ; the length of the pectoral is one-third of the length 

 of the head ; the dorsal commences nearly opposite to the extremity 

 of the pectoral. Tail twice as long as the body. 



Java. 

 a. Type of the species, 20 inches long. liatavia. From Dr. 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



3fi. Ophichthys hispanus. 



Ophisurus hispanus, Bellotti, Accad. Fisico-medico-statistica di Milano, 

 Sediita del 2'.'> dicemhr. 18-")7. 



The length of the head is one-fourth of the distance of the gill- 

 opening from the vent ; tail longer than body. Snout obtusely 

 conical, projecting beyond the mouth, the cleft of which extends 

 backwards behind the eye, and is two-sevenths of the length of the 

 head. Eye of moderate size, half as long as the snout, situated in 

 the anterior third of the length of the head. Posterior nostril in 

 advance of the eye, anterior with a broad tube. The intermaxillary 

 teeth in a double, the others in a single series ; all subcqual in size. 

 The length of the pectoral is one-fifth of that of the head ; the 

 distance of the origin of the dorsal from the base of the pectoral is 

 conspicuously more than the length of the head ; anal higher than 

 dorsal. Body powdered with brownish. 



Mediterranean. 



a. Twenty inches long. Cannes. Presented by Dr. Theodore Giinther. 



