108 MuiiJJXiPJi:. . 



completely. Anterior nasal tubes short; gill-opening not wider 

 than the eye. Snout compressed, rather short; eye of moderate size, 

 its diameter being more than one-half of the length of the snout, 

 situated nearer to the end of the snout than to the corner of the 

 mouth. Cleft of the mouth wide, its length being contained twice 

 and one-third or twice and one-sixth in that of the head. Tail 

 longer than the body ; the length of the head is contained twice 

 and one-third in that of the trunk. Darh-hroivn, tvith several series 

 of indistinct black round spots, longitucUnalli/ arranged, and of about 

 tJie size of the eye ; head with spots similar to those of the body in size 

 and form ; jins without light margin. 



China ; Japan. 

 a, b, c. Adult. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



22. Mursena tigrina. 

 Rupptll, Atl. p. 118, taf. 30. fig. 2 ; Kaup, Apod. p. 69. 

 Teeth uniserial, except the vomerine series, which is forked in 

 front. Tail nearly twice as long as body. Yellowish, Avith three 

 alternate longitudinal series of round brown spots, those of the 

 middle series being the largest. 

 Red Sea. 



23. Muraena fimbriata. 



Mursena fimbriata, Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 168. 

 bullata, Richards. Ereb. 8f Terr. Ichth. p. 86 (cop. by Kaup, 



Apod. p. 81, fig. 60). 



isingleena, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. ix. p. 277 {not Richards.) . 



isingleenoides, Bleek. Verk. Rat. Gen. xxv. Mur. p. 48. 



Gymnothorax isingleenoides, Rleek.Atl. Ichth. Mur. p, 91, pi. 35. tig. 1, 



pi. 36. fig. 1 (coloration of anal fin incorrect). 



Teeth uniserial, without basal lobe ; younger examples some- 

 times with two or three additional teeth, forming an inner maxillary 

 series. Canines well developed, but the mouth can be shut nearly 

 completely. Anterior nasal tubes much shorter than the vertical 

 diameter of the eye. Gill-opening not wider than the eye. Snout 

 narrow, somewhat produced ; eye of moderate size, half the length of 

 the snout, situated above the middle of the cleft of the mouth. Tail 

 a little longer than the body ; the length of the head is contained 

 twice and one-fourth or twice and one-third in that of the trunk. 

 Body and tail tvith three or more more or less regidar lotigitudinal 

 series of round black spots, most of which are larger than the eye, 

 but smaller than the interspaces of the ground-colour. Fins with a 

 white margin. Head ivith small black spots. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



rt. Young. Borneo. Presented by Sir J. Richardsor —Type of 

 M. bullata. 



b. Adult. Araboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



c. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Br. Bleeker's Collec- 



tion. — ^Typc of M. isingleenoides. 



