lO MURJiNID.E. 



a. Large specimen, 50 inches long. River Hooghly. From the 



Collection of the East-India Companj'. 



b, c, d, e,f. Many half-grown and young examples. Eiver Hooghly. 

 g. Adult. Bengal. Presented by General Hardwick. 



li-i. Half-grown. Bengal. Presented by G. II. Waterhouse, Esq. 



/•. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



I. Adult. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



m. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



n. Type of 0. potamopMlus. Borneo. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



0. Adult. Zebu (Philippine Islands). Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



p, q, r. Many adult, half-grown, and young specimens. Formosa. 



s. ? Half-grown. Grenada (West Indies). Purchasedof Mr. Cutter. 

 An examination of other specimens may prove this to be a dis- 

 tinct species ; but at present I do not think myself justified in 

 separating this single specimen from 0. horo, which varies rather 

 considerably in the relative proportions of the parts of the body. 



49. Ophichthys cancrivorus. 



? Conger flavipiunatus, Bennett, Fnir. Conwi. Zool. Hoc. 18.31, p. 168. 

 Opliism-us cancrivorus, Richards. Voy. Ereh. ^- Terr. Fish. p. 97, 



tab. 50. figs. G-9. 



sinensis, Richards. I. c. p. 98. 



Opbiurus baccideus, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 320, tab. 5. fig. 1 (teetli). 

 Ophisurus scbaapi, i?feeZ;, Nat. Ttjdschr. Ned. Lid. iii. p. 735 ; or Verh. 



Rat. Gen. xxv. Murcen. p. 53. 



bracliysoma, RIeek. I. c. 1°, p. 776 ; or /. c. 2", p. oo. 



Pisoodonophis cancrivorus, Kaiip, Apod. p. 15, fig. 9 (cop. from 



Richards. ) ■ Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 379. 

 bracliysoma, Kaiip, Apod. p. 19; B/eek. Atl. Ichth. Alurain. 



p. 60, tab. 18. fig. 2. 



schaapi, Kaup, I. c. ; Rleek. I. c. tab. 17. fig. 1. 



moluccensis, Rleek. Atl. Ichthi/ol. Muran. p. 72, taf. 49. (not 45 ) 



fig. 2. 



Coloration uniform. The length of the head is two -fifths or nearly 

 one-third of the distance of the gill-opening from the vent ; the 

 length of the body from three-fourths to nearly two-thirds of that 

 of the tail. Cleft of the mouth rather wide, about one-third of the 

 length of the head ; snout depressed, somewhat pointed. Eye of 

 moderate size, nearly one -half of the length of the snout. Teeth 

 granular, forming broadish bands. Length of the pectoral fin about 

 two-sevenths or one-third of that of the head ; dorsal commencing 

 above the middle of the pectoral ; dorsal and anal fins of moderate 

 depth. A more or less distinct blackish spot anteriorly on the 

 dorsal fin. 



East-Indian archipelago ; Australia. 



a. Adult. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. Type of 0. 



haccidcns. 



b. Adult. Singapore. One of the typical specimcn.s of 0. can- 



crivorus. 



