20. ENCnKtYCORE. 135 



Uhaimomur:cna cubonsis, IW,/, Itcpert. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii p ^m 

 liun. ;{. Jin'. (J (head). y ■ v ^, 



Tooth o(iii;il in size, forming bands. Cleft of the mouth half as 

 long as the head. TaU lialf as long as and much lower than the 

 trunk. Yellowish, with irregular broad brown cross bands. 



West Indies. 



a. Typo of the species, stuffed, 48J inches long. From the Haslar 



Collection. 



b. Twenty-eight inches long. Cuba. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



0. Gymnomuraena bennettii. 



_ Teeth equal in size, forming broad bands, the upper band con- 

 sisting of about six, and the lower of about four series. Vomerine 

 band short. Snout very short; eye very small, about two-fifths of 

 the length of the snout. Cleft of the mouth exceedingly wide half 

 as long as the head. Tail half as long as and much lower thaii the 

 body. The length of the head is two-sevenths of that of the trunk 

 Uniform brown (in a dried state). 

 Jlauritius. 



a. Stuffed, 37 inches long. From Mr. Telfair's Collection. Pre- 

 sented by the Zoological Society. 



I have dedicated this species to the memory of Mr. Bennett, who 

 as Secretary of the Zoological Society, more than thirty years a^o 

 described the fishes of the Mauritius in an admirable manner. ° 



2G. ENCHELYCORE. 



Encholycoro, Kaiip, Apod. p. 73. 



Scaleless. Teeth numerous, acutely pointed, unequal in size 

 OiU-openmgs narrow. Pectoral fins none; dorsal and anal well 

 developed. Two pairs of nostrils on the upper surface of the snout • 

 the posterior a long slit, the anterior in a small tube. 



West Indies. 



1. Enchelycore nigricans. 



Mursena, sp., Gronov. Zoopln/I. no. Ki.i. 



Mmv-ena nigricans, Bonmkrre, Enci/d. Moth. Ichth. p. 34 



Murenophis mgncaus, Lacep. v. pp. 028, (J41. 



Mm-ffiua anguiua, Gronov. Syst. ed. Grai/, p. 18. 



Enclielycoro ouryrhina, Kaup, Apod. p. 73. 



Snout narrow, rather produced; the jaws cannot be shut in adult 

 examples. Maxillary teeth biserial ; canines very long and slen.ler- 

 eye of moderate size. The dorsal fin begins above the gUl-oi.enin..' 

 lail nearly as long as the body. Uniform black. 



Caribbean Sea. 



u. Twenty-six inches long. Dominica. Purdiascd. 

 b. Half-grown. Cirenada. Purchased. 

 C'd. Young. Harbadoes. Purchased. 



