1 1 G MUR^ENID-E. 



/3. jfa.vilhinj teeth uniseriul. 



8i». Mixrsena picta. 



P Conger indicus iiiaculosus, WillHyhh/, Append, p. 24, tab. G 10. 



tig. 1. 

 Murreua picta, Ahl, De Mur. et Ophiclith. in Thunh. Dissei-t. iii. p. 6, 



tab. 2. tig-. 2 ; Gibith. in Fish. Zattz. p. 12G. 

 Gymnotliorax pictus, Bl. Sehn. p. 52'.); Bleek. Atl Ichth. Murcrn. 



p. 87, tab. 26. tigs. 3, 4, tab. 28. tig. 3, tab. 29. fig. 1, tab. 45. 



lig. 3; Kncr, Novara, Fisch. p. 384. 

 Murfenopbis pantberina, Lacep. v. pp. 628, 641, 643. 

 Murajua variegata (prat-bemon) , Quoy i^- Gaim. Voi/. Uran. Zool. 



p. 246, pi. 62. tig. 1. 

 lita, Bichards. Voy. Ereb. S,- Terr. Fish. p. 84 ; Bleek. Nat. 



Ti/dschr. Ned. lud. iii. p. 294, and x. p. 383, or Verh. Bat. Gen. 



XXV. Muran. p. 47. 



siderea, Bichards. I. c. p. 85, pi. 48. figs. 1-5. 



pfeiffeii, BJeek. Nat. Ti/ds. Ned. Ind. v. p. 173; or Verh. Bat. 



Gen. XXV. Murcsn. p. 72. 

 Sidera pfeifFeri, Kaup, Apud. p. 70. 



pantberina, Kaup, Apod. p. 71. 



Gymnotborax pantberinus, Bleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. i. p. 152. 



Maxillary and intermaxillary teeth in a single series ; only one 

 or two anterior vomerine teeth, ivhich are not subiilate, and not lare/er 

 than the intermaxillary teeth. The vomerine series is generally dis- 

 tinctly bifurcate anteriorly. Mandibulary teeth uniserial, only the 

 anterior subbiserial. There are no distinct canine teeth. Anterior 

 nasal tubes not quite as long as the vertical diameter of the eye. 

 Snout of moderate length ; eye small, less than one-half of the 

 length of the snout, situated above the middle of the cleft of the 

 mouth, the length of which is nearly one-third of that of the head. 

 Tail about as long as the body ; the length of the head is contained 

 twice and two-thirds in that of the trunk. Brownish grey, with 

 an infinite number of very small black spots separated 1iy a fine 

 light network ; sometimes the spots are more or less confluent into 

 larger irregular spots, so that the fish appears to he marbled with 

 brown. Yomu/ examples light coloured, wdth black ring-shaped 

 figures, traces of which are sometimes still visible in larger ex- 

 amples, in which some of the dots are grouped together so as to 

 form obsolete spots. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a, h, c-d. Adult, half-grown, and young. Zanzibar. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. I'laj-fair's Col- 

 lection. 



/. Half-grown. Moluccas. — Type of M. lita. 



f/, h, i. Adult and half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. 



k. Young. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. Paffies. 



/. Adult. Amboyna. Purchfised. 



m. Young. Borneo. 



n. Half-grown. Celebes. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Type 

 of M. pfeiff'eri. 



