21. opiiicnTTiYS. 81 



C. Pectoral rtidimentary : dorsal commencing in advance of the ijill-opvn in;/. 



54. Ophichthys colubrinus. 



I\Iumena coliibrina, Budduert, in Pidlass Ncue Noi-d. Beijtr. ii. 1781, 



p. 56, pi. 2. fi-. 3. 



anmilata, Ahl, Be Murcma et Ophichtho, 1780, p. 8, tab. 1. fig. 1. 



faaciala, Ahl, I. c. p. 9. 



Gyninothorax aiuiulatus, Bl. Schn. p. 527. 

 — ^^ — fasciatus, Bl. Schn. p. 529. 



colubrtuus, Bl. Schn. p. 529. 



Opliisiirns faseiatu.'*, Lacep. iv. p. 086; Richards. Ereh. 6r Terr. Fixh. 



p. 100 ; Blevk. Atl. Ichthyol. Mureen. p. 04, tab. 21. fig. 1 ; Kner, 



Xovara, Fisch. p. .'379. 



altcrnans, Quoy k^- Gaim. Voy. Uran. i. p. 243, pi. 45. fig. 2. 



colubrinus, Richards. I. c. p. 100 ; Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 



xi. p. lOG. 

 Opbitliorax colubrina, M'Clell. Calc. Jutmi. Nat. Hist. v. p. 212 (not 



synon.). 

 Pisoodouopliis fasciatus, Kaup, Apod. p. 23. 



Body surrounded with numerous brown ring.s. The length of the 

 head is nearly one-eighth of the distance of the gill-opening from 

 the vent ; the length of the body equals that of the taij. Snout 

 short, pointed ; cleft of the mouth of moderate width, one-fourth 

 of the length of the head, slightly extending behind the ej'e. Eye 

 very small. Teeth obtusely conical, biserial. Pectoral Jin rudimen- 

 tary ; dorsal commencing immediately behind the nape ; dorsal and 

 anal fins rather low, the latter terminating at some distance from the 

 extremity of the tail. 



East-Indian archipelago ; Pacific. 



Var. a. cohibnna s. annulata. Brown rings simple, narrower or 

 broader than the interspaces, which are immaculate. 

 a. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h, c, d. Adult and half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. 

 e-f,(/-h. Adult, half- grown, and young. Fcejee Islands. 



Var. /3. fasciata. The intervals between the brown rings are 

 ornamented by more or less regular ocellated spots. 



i. Adult. Borneo. 

 I', l,m. Adult. 



5.5. Ophichthys maculosus. 



Ophisurus ophis, Lacfip. ii. pp. 195, 196, pi. G. fig. 2 (not Bloch) ; 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mmren. p. (55, tab. 16. tig. 3. 

 Mur»na maculosa. Cur. Riyne Anim. 



Ophisurus maculosus, Richards. Frcb. lij- Terr. Fisli. p. 102. 

 I'lsoodouophis maculosus, Kaup, Apod. p. 21. 



Five alternate series of round brown spots along the body ; the 

 \i]>permost on the dorsal fin, the second partly on the back, partly 

 on the dorsal. The length of the head is oue-iifth of the distance 

 of the gill-opeuing from the vent ; the length of the body is three- 

 fourths of that of the tail. Snout short, broad : cleft of the moutli 



vol.. vni. u 



