50 MURJiNID-T:. 



terior tubular, the posterior lobed. Vertical and pectoral fius well 

 developed ; the dorsal commencing behind the gill-opening ; caudal 

 rays very short. Teeth cardiform, subequal in size, forming bands. 

 Mediterranean. 



1. Myrus vulgaris. 



? Mvpos, Aristot. v. c. 10. 



Myrus, Rondel, p. 407. 



Serpens marinus alter, WUlnglihy, p. 108. 



Murajna, sp., Artcdi, Synon. p. 40. uo. 3, and Geirera, p. 24. no. 3. 



Murfena myrus, L. Si/st. Xat. i. p. 426; Lacep. ii. p. 26.5 ; Bl. Scfni. 



p. 488 ; Bisso, Ich'th. Kicc, p. 90. 

 Conger myrus, Cuv. R'cgne An. ; Risso, Em-. Merid. iii. p. 202 ; Costa, 



Faun. Nap. Pesc. 

 Anguilla myrus, Shaw, Zool. iv. 1. p. 24 ; Jcnt/ns, Man. p. 478. 

 Cougrus myrus, Richards. Voij. Ereh. S,- Terr. Fish. p. 108. 

 Mj-rus vulgaris, Kaiip, Apod. p. 31, fig. 14 (cop. Richardson). 



The cleft of the mouth extends to below the hind margin of the 

 eye. Dorsal fin commencing above the end of the pectoral. Tail 

 twice as long as the trunk (without head). A white line across the 

 occiput, joining another running over the root of the pectorals. 

 White pores symmetrically arranged on the snout, nape, and along 

 the lateral line, Vertical fins with a black edge. 



Mediterranean. 



a, h, c. Adult. Mediterranean. 



d. Half-grown. Algiers. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



2. Myrus uropterus. 



Conger uropterus, Schlec/. Faun. Japo7i. Poiss. p. 261. 

 Ophism'us uropterus, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. iii. Japan, iv. 

 p. 28 J and v, Japan, v. pi. 1. fig. 1. 



The cleft of the mouth extends nearly to below the hind margin 

 of the eye. Dorsal fin commencing above the end of the pectoral. 

 Tail twice as long as the trunk (without head). The front margin 

 of the eye is conspicuously nearer to the end of the maxillary than 

 to the extremity of the snout. Coloration uniform. 



Japan. 

 a. Seventeen inches long. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection, 



16. MYROPHIS. 



JNIyrophis, Liitken, Vidensk. Meddcl. naturh. Foren. Kjhbenh. 1851, 

 no. 1 ; or Wicgm. Arch. 1852, p. 270. 

 Nostrils on the margin of the upper lip, the anterior tubular. 

 Pectoral fins well developed ; vertical fins low, surrounding the tail ; 

 the dorsal commonciTig far behind the pectoral. Teeth bi- or tri- 

 serial, uniscrial on the hinder part of the- vomer. 

 West Africa, West Indies, Panama. 



1 . Myrophis punctatus. 

 Murrena myrus, Lacep. ii. pi. 3. fig. 3 (not descr.). 



