24. MUKJiNA. 115 



irregular ovate or transverse darker spots. Fins without light 

 margin. 

 Tcrnate. 



a. Type of the species, 258 raillims. long. From Dr. Bleeker's 

 Collection. 



30. Muraena anatina. 



Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. V^'2. 



Teeth irregularly biserial, the inner series composed of long, 

 slender teeth ; vomerine teeth uniserial. The jaws cannot be shut. 

 Snont prod need, narrotv, suhapatidate ; ej'e of moderate size, Iwo- 

 tifths of the length of the snout, neai-er to the end of the snout than 

 to the angle of the mouth. Nasal tubes short. Cleft of the mouth 

 e.vceedii»fjh/ wide, rather more than one-half of the lenr/th of the head 

 Gill-oiicning narrower than the eye. Dorsal fin rather low. Tail 

 rather longer than the body ; the length of the head is a little less 

 than one-half of that of the trunk. Brownish black, with small, 

 irregular, pale greyish spots in moderate number, and longitu- 

 dinally arranged ; the largest are sometimes twice the size of the 

 eye, the smallest mere dots ; each spot is again marbled with darker. 

 Head brownish yellow, with indistinct yellowish dots above. 



Madeira. 



a. Presented bj- Th. Moore, Escj. 



37. Mursena sanctae helenae. 



Allied to M. anatina. 



Teeth irregularly biserial, the inner series composed of long, 

 slender teeth ; vomerine teeth uniserial. The jaws cannot be shut 

 completely. Snout rather produced and narrow ; eye rather small, 

 two-fifths of the length of the snout, above the middle of the (jape. 

 Anterior nasal tubes shorter than the vertical diameter of the eye. 

 Cleft of the mouth tvide, its lenr/th leine/ contained twice and one- 

 fourth in that of the head. Gill-opening as wide as the eye. The 

 dorsal fin begins somewhat in advance of the gill-opening, and is 

 moderately developed. Tail longer than the body ; the length of 

 the head is two-fifths of that of the trunk. Brownish black, with 

 numerous rather irregular pale greyish spots ; the largest are about 

 of the size of the ej^e, the smallest mere dots; each spot is again 

 marbled with darker ; the smaller and larger spots are mixed with 

 each other. 



St. Helena. 



a. Fine specimen. Presented by J. C. Melliss, Esq. 



38. Muraena irregiilaris. 

 Thyr.soidea irregularis, Kanp, Apod. p. '.t"). 

 Intermaxillary, maxillary, and vomerine teelh biserial. Brown, 

 ■nnth large black s])ots irregularly disjiersed over the body : fins 

 yellowish. (Kaup.) 

 Brazils. 



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