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MTR-KNIDJ:. 



Eighth Group. OPHICHTHYINA. 



liO. LIUEANUS. 



Leiiirnmis, Blecli. J'cr/i. Bid. Gen. xxv. Miirccn. p. 80. 

 Stetliopterus, Blech. I. c. 



Body cylindrical. Teeth pointed, of moderate size; those of the 

 intermaxillary in a douLdc series, the others uniserial ; vomerine 

 eoth absent. Snout pointed, much projecting beyond the mouth, 

 ivhich is ratlier narrow, not extending beyond the hind margin of 

 the orbit. Eye small. Dorsal and anal fins low : the former com- 

 mencing a short distanc( behind the gill-opening ; pectoral very 

 small. Extremity of the tail free. 

 Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



1. Liuranus semicinctus. 



Ophisurus semicinctus, Bennett, in Bccclicij's Voy. p. 00, tab. 20. 



iig. 4. 

 Opliisurus? (Sphagebranchus ? ) vimineus, Ricltards. Voy. ^iilph. 



Fis/i. p. 107, tab. 52. figs. 10-20 (young). 

 Ophisunis vimineus, Richards. Fislt. Cltin. p. 314 ; Voy. Ereh. ^• 



Ten: Fi.<h. p. 100. 

 Leiurnnus lacopedii, Bleek, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. 3Lira:n. p. 30. 

 Stctliopterus viuiincus, Block. I. c. pp. 24, 30. 

 Loiuranus eohibrinus, Kaiip, Apod. p. 2 (syuon. part) ; Bled-. Atl. 



IrJd/tyul. Murccn. p. 42, pi. 19. fig. 1 (synon. part.) ; Kncr, Novara, 



Fisch. p. 37S. 



The length of the head (to the gill-opening) is contained six times 

 and a half in the distance of the gill-opening from the vent. Tail 

 shorter than or as long as the body. The entire fish with from 25 to 

 35 broad brown bands, which do not extend across the abdomen. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Pleeker's Collection. 

 1). Half-grown. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 

 c. Young. China. Presented by 8ir J. llichardson. — Type of 0/'/*/- 

 surus vimineus. 



21. OPHICHTHYS. 



Ophichthys, sp., Ahl, Sj)ecim. IcJdhyol. 1789, p. 9. 



(){)liisurus, Pccciloceplialus ct Cfecllia, Lacfp. 



Coccula, Vahl, Skrivt. Naturh. Selsk. iii. 1794, p. 149. 



.Spliagebranchus, Bl. Sc/m. 



M urrenopsis, Lesiicur. 



Aptcrichthys, Dinneril, IcMh. Anal. p. 205. 



Lcptorliynchus, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pise. 



IclithyapiiP, Bris. de Barncville, Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 219. 



Centrurophis, Pa3cilocephalus, Microdonopliis, Ca^cilopliis, Ophisiiriis, 

 Tlerpctoiclitbys, Brachjsoniophis, Elapsopis, Mystriopliis, .Mur;i;- 

 Tiopsis, Echiopsis, Scytalophis, Leptorhinnpbis, I'isoodonopliis, 

 F^anmostoma, Anguisurus, Sphagebranchus, Cirrhinim-ana, Calle- 

 chelys, Ichtliyapus, Opbisurapliis, Crotalojisis, Kaup. 



r>cptugiiatliiis (ISu-ains.), Achirophiclitliys, A:r., Bleeker. 



Miicividdiiopliis, Craniclithys, i^c, Pory, Jie/nit. Fis.-nat. L'id)a,'\\. 

 pp. '-'51, 25(1. 



