108 Aiuii.i;xiD.E. 



completely. Anterior nasal tubes short; gill-opening not wider 

 than the eye. Snont compressed, rather short ; eye of moderate size, 

 its diameter being more than one-half of the length of the snout, 

 situated nearer to the end of the snout than to the corner of the 

 mouth. Cleft of the mouth wide, its length being contained twice 

 and one-third or twice and one-sixth in that of tlie head. Tail 

 longer than the body ; the length of the head is contained twice 

 and one-third in that of the trunk. Davl-lrown, with several series 

 of indistinct blacl- round spots, longitudinally arranged, and of ahout 

 the size of the eye ; head with spots similar to those of the body in size 

 and form ; fins ivithout light margin. 



China ; Japan. 

 a, b, c. Adult. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



22. Mursena tigrina. 



Riippell, Atl. p. 118, taf. 30. fig. 2 ; Eaiq), Apod. p. 69. 

 Teeth uniscrial, except the vomerine series, which is forked in 

 front. Tail nearly twice as long as body. Yellowish, with three 

 alternate longitudinal scries of round brown spots, those of the 

 middle series being the largest. 

 Red Sea. 



23. Muraena fimbriata. 



Murajna fimbriata, Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 168. 

 buUata, Richards. Ereb. ^- Terr. Ichth. p. 86 (cop. by Kaup, 



Apod. p. 81, fig. 60). 



isingleena, lileek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. ix. p. 277 (not Richards.). 



isingleenoides, lileek. Verh. Bat. Geii. xxv. Mur. p. 4S. 



Gymnotliorax isingleenoides, Bleek.Atl. Ichth. 3Lir. p. 91, pi. 35. fig. 1, 



pi. 36. fig. 1 (coloration of anal fin incorrect). 



Teeth uniserial, without basal lobe ; younger examples some- 

 times with two or three additional teeth, forming an inner maxillary 

 series. Canines well developed, but the mouth can be shut nearly 

 completely. Anterior nasal tubes much shorter than the vertical 

 diameter of the eye. Gill-opening not wider than the eye. Snout 

 narrow, somewhat produced ; eye of moderate size, half the length of 

 the snout, situated above the middle of the cleft of the mouth. Tail 

 a little longer than the body ; the length of the head is contained 

 twice and one-fourth or twice and one-third in that of the trunk. 

 Body and tail with three or more more or less regular longitudincd 

 series of round black spots, most of which are larger than the eye, 

 but smaller than the interspaces of the ground-colour. Fins ivith a 

 white margin. Head with small black sp>ots. 



East-Indian archipelago, 



a. Young. Borneo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. — Type of 



M. bullata. 



b. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



c. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Collec- 



tion. — Type of M. isingleenoides. 



