76 MUR^NID,!:. 



fins moderately developed ; the dorsal fin commences above the gill- 

 opening ; pectoral fin long, one-half of the length of the head. Tail 

 twice as long as the body. Coloration uniform. 

 Java, Celebes. 



a. Type of the species, 11| inches long. Java. From Dr. Blceker's 

 Collection. 



45. Ophichthys chilopogon. 



Ophisurus cheilopogon, Bleck. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. viii. Celebes, 



xiii. p. 59. 

 Cirrhimursena chilopogon, Bleek. Atl. Ichtlu/ol. Murceii. p. 42, tab. 19. 



fig. 2. 



The length of the head is contained twice and two-thirds in the 

 distance of the gill-opening from the vent. Snout produced, pointed ; 

 the cleft of the mouth being tivo-fifths of the length of the head. Teeth 

 small, pointed, of equal size, forming a broadish band in the maxillary 

 and mandible, and a narrower along the vomer. Lips fringed. 

 Gill-openings rather narrow and close together. Fins wcU developed ; 

 the dorsal fin commences immediately behind the base of the pec- 

 toral fin, which is two-fifths as long as the head. The length of 

 the body is contained once and two-thirds in that of the tail. Colo- 

 ration uniform. 



Celebes. 



a. Type of the species, 19 inches long. Badjoa. From Dr. Bleeker's 

 Collection. 



4G. OpMchthys playfairii. 



The length of the head is npaxiy one-fourth of the distance of 

 the gUl-opening from the vent. Snout pointed, not quite thrice as 

 long as the eye — which is small, situated above the middle of the 

 mouth ; cleft of the mouth of moderate width, one-third of the 

 length of the head. Teeth small, of equal size, forming nairow 

 bands. Lips fringed. Gill-openings narrow and rather close to- 

 gether. Fins well developed ; the dorsal fin commences at a short 

 distance behind the angle of the mouth ; pectoral tin one -fourth of 

 the" length of the head. Tail not quite twice as long as the body. 

 Coloration uniform. 



Zanzibar. 

 a. Twenty-one -inches long. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



D. Maxillary teeth tri- or quadriserial : lips not fringed. 

 47. OpMchthys pacilici. 

 Brown, a series of very small whitish dots along the anterior part 

 of the lateral line ; some similar dots on the nape ; aorsal fin with 

 a black edge. The length of the head is contained twice and one-third 

 ill the distance hetiveen the gill-opening and the vent. Snout pointed, 

 the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower ; cleft of the mouth wide, 

 two- fifths of the length of the head. Eye of moderate size, two- 



