92 MTTR^NIDJE. 



toral fins present. Dorsal and anal occupying the greater part of 

 the tail, interrupted in the middle ; their origins opposite to each 

 other, and their distance from the vent exceeding the length of the 

 head. 

 Timor. 



a. Thirty-one inches long. Presented by the Royal College of 

 Surgeons. 



4. Moringua javanica. 



Aphthalmichthys javanicus, Kaup, Apod. p. 106, fig. 71 ; Meek. Ned. 

 Tyds. Dierk. i. p. 164 ; or Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 16, pi. 2. fig. 2. 



Pectorals none ; vertical fins reduced to a narrow fringe of the 

 end of the tail. The greatest depth of the body is one seventy-fifth 

 or one-hundredth of the total length. 



Java, Celebes, Ceram, Timor ; Feejee Islands ; Japan. 



a. Adult. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Adult. Moluccas. 



c. Young. Feejee Islands. Purchased of Herr Damel. 



d. Adult. Japan. 



5. Moringua abhreviata. 



Aphthalmichthys abbreviatus, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. i. p. 163 ; or 

 Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 17, pi. 1. fig. 1. 



Pectoral and vertical fins reduced to slight folds of the skin, with 

 a few rudimentary rays at the extremity of the tail. The greatest 

 depth of the body is one-fortieth or one forty-fourth, and the length 

 of the head one-twelfth or one-thirteenth of the total length. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



6. Moringua macrocephala. 



Aphthalmichthys macrocephalus, Blcek. Ned, Tyds. Dierk. i. p. 165 ; 

 or Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 17, pi. 3. fig. 2. 



Probably not distinct from the preceding species, from which it 

 difiers only in having a longer head, its length being one-ninth of 

 the total. 



Timor. 

 a. Type of the species. Timor. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 h. Young. India. Presented by General Hardwicke, 



