24. MUK^NA. ll'J 



a, b, c. Many adult, half-grown, and young specimens. Zanzibar. 



d. Young. East-Indiau archipelago. Erom Dr. Eleeker's Collection. 



— One of the typical examples of M. ceramensis. 



e. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker'a 



Collection. — Type of M. richurdsonii. 



f. Yoimg. Amhoyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



g. Young. Sumatra. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Type of M. 



scoUodon. 

 h. Twenty-two inches long : stuffed. Houtman's Abrolhos. From 



Mr. Gilbert's Collection. 

 i. Half-grown. 



43. Mursena tenehrosa. 



Richards. Voy. Ereb. Sf- Terr. Fish. p. 84 (copied by Kmtp, Apod. 

 p. 78). 



Bodi/ much compressed ; shin smooth. Teeth without basal lobe ; 

 the anterior teeth of the mandible subbiserial. the others uniserial ; 

 however, there are two larger teeth inside of the anterior maxil- 

 lary teeth. Canines large ; the mouth cannot he shut completely. 

 Mandible with about twenty teeth on each side. Anterior nasal 

 tubes short. Hnout produced, pointed. Eye small. Cleft of the 

 mouth wide. Gill-openimj narrower than the eye. Tail somewhat 

 longer than body. The length of the head is contained twice and 

 three-fourths in that of the trunk. Dark purplish brown, with 

 indistinct blackish, broad, numerous transverse bands and spots. 



Polynesia. 

 a. Type of the species, ISj inches long, bleached. Society Islands ? 

 Presented by the Royal College of Surgeons. 



44. Mursena marmorea. 



Murfenopliis marmoreus, Valeric, in Voy. Venus, Zool. p. 347, pi. 10. 



tig, 1. 

 Murtena marmorea, Konp, Apod. p. G6. 



Teeth uniserial. " Y''eUowish brown, with black reticiilations, 

 whose longitudinal branching streaks are studded with oblong 

 yellow spots. On the ventral aspect, the spots are larger, roimder, 

 and near the throat coalescent. Dorsal fin yellowish brown, with 

 black spots." {Kaup.) 



Galapagos Islands. 



45. Mursena flavomarginata. 



? Murnsnopliis ^nisea, Lacep. v. pp. 029, 042, 044. 



? Mura>na trt'innelrica, liiipp. Ail. p. 118, taf. .''O. fig. 1. 



Muneua tiavouiargiuata, liiq^. Ail. p. 119, taf. 30. fig. 3; Giinth. Fish. 



/an:, p. 127. 

 ? Murajiia bilineata, Riipp. N. W. Fisch.'p. 84. 

 Mura^ia pratbornou, Richard.'!. Voy. Ercb. c^ Terr. Fish. p. 84. 



batupiisis, BUek. Xaf. Tyds. Ned. Ind. xii. p. 241. 



javanica, Bleek. I. c. xLx. p. 347. 



? Thyrsoidea grisea, Kaup, Apod. p. 92, fig. 95. 



