25. GYMNOMUUiENA. 133 



the gill-opening — that is, a rudimentary pectoral fin. Whitish ; 

 the pores on the snout brown. 

 Mauritius. 



The typical specimen is in the Turin Museum. 



25. GYMNOMUE^NA. 



G>Tnnomuroena, sp., et Murfenoblenua, Laccp. v. p. 648. 

 Ichthyopliis, Lesson, T^oi/. Coq. Zuul. ii. p. 129. 

 Uroptery^nus, liiipp. N. IF. Fkche, p. 83. 

 Gymnomiu-feua, Bleck. Atl. Ichth. Miir. p. 112. 

 Channomuripna, Richards. Voy. Ereh. c^ Terr. Fish. p. 90. 



Scalelsss. Teeth numerous, small, pointed. Gill-openings nar- 

 row. Fins none except a rudimentary one round the end of the 

 tail. Two pairs of nostrils on the upper surface of the snout, the 

 posterior being a small round foramen. 



Tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans ; ? Atlantic. 



a. Gape of moderate width ; snout of moderate length: Gymnomursena. 



1. Gymnomuraena tigrina. 



Ichthyopliis tigrinus, Lesson, Mem. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, ir. p. 399, 



and Vol/. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 129, Atl. Puiss. pi. 12 ; Richards. Voy. 



Ereb. S,- Terr. Fish. p. 90 ; Bleek. Versl. Ak. Wet. Natimrk. xv. 



p. 403. 

 Murteuoblenna tigrina*, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Lndo-Neerl. ii. Amhoyna, 



viii. p. 93. 

 Gymnomurfena tigrina, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. 3fur. p. 113, pi. 21. fig. 3 ; 



Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 387. 

 Skull : Oicen, Ostcol. Catal. i. p. 14. 



Brownish, with larger and smaller well-defined round black spots. 

 Maxillary and anterior mandibulary teeth in a double series ; no 

 distinct canine teeth. Eye small ; posterior nostril in a short tube. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago ; Western Pacific. 



a. Four feet long : stuffed. ^lam-itius. 



h. Adult. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



c. Adidt. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



d. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



2. Gynmomuraena marmorata. 



Gymnomurrena marmorata, Xwc^/;. v. pp. 048, 050; Bleek. Atl. lehth. 



Mur. p. 113, pi. 31. fig. 3. 

 Iclithyophis pantheriuus, Less. Voy. Coq. Poiss. ii. p. 131, Atl, pi. 13 ; 



Bleek. Versl. Ak. Wet. Natuurk. xv. p. 404. 

 MurrDna microiiterus, Bleek. Aat. Tyds. Ked. Ind. iii. p. 298 ; or Verh. 



Bat. Gen. xxv. Mia: p. 50 (yoimg). 

 Uropterygius xantliopterus, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. xix. p. 350 



(young). 

 Gvnmomiiramft maerocepbalus, Bleek. Ned. Ti/ds. Dierk. ii. p. 54 ; or 



'Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 114, pi. 21. fig. 2 (young). 



* Bleoker lias sLown tlmt Kauj) has confounded very diflforent fishes under 

 this name. 



