ilU mur.t:niikt:. 



Gjmnothorax polyophthalmus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 9l), pi. oO. 

 fig. 3. 



Known frovi a single very young example only. 



Teeth biserial. Snout of moderate length. Tail a little loiigei- 

 than the body ; the length of the head is two-fifths of that of the 

 trunk. The entire fish is ornamented with round hi'own spots of 

 about the size of the eye, forming three irregular longitudinal series. 

 The larger of these spots are ocelli, tvith a yellow centre. 



Celebes. 



a. Tj'pc of the species, 41 inches long. From Dr. Eleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



d. Species ornamented by yclloioish lines, forming a nctjvork. 



27. Mursena undulata. 



Murajuophis undulata, Lacep. v. pp. 629, 644. 



Murfena cancellata, Richards. Vuy. Ereh. ^- Terr. Fish. p. 87, pi. 40. 



figs. 1-5 ; Blcek. Vorh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Mtir. p. 74, or Nat. Tyd.schr. 



Ned. Ind. v. p. 531, and viii. p. 326. 

 valencieunii, £yd. Sf Soul. Voy. Bonite, Foiss. p. 207, pi. 8. 



fig. 1. 



agassizi, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned, Ind. viii. p. 458. 



Thyrsoidea cancellata, Kaup, Apod. p. 76, fig 59 (description copied 



from Richardson). 

 Gymnothorax cancellatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 93, tab. 32. fig. 3, 



tab. 33. fig. 2, tab. 39. fig. 1 ; Kner, Novnra, Fisch. p. 384. 



agassizi, Blcek. I. c. p. 95, tab. 41. fig. 2. 



Mura3na nubila, Gilnth. Fish. Zanz. p. 127 (not Rich.). 



Teeth uniserial, sometimes two additional teeth forming an 

 inner maxillary series ; mandibulary teeth fi'om twenty-six to 

 thirty in number on each side (in adult examples) ; canines 

 strong, normally four pairs in the lower jaw ; also two of the 

 maxillary teeth are canines. The mouth cannot he shut com- 

 pletely. Anterior nasal tubes short. Gill-opening not A^ider than 

 the eye. Snout produced, pointed. Eye rather large, more than 

 half the length of the snout, situated above the middle of the 

 cleft of the mouth. Cleft of the mouth very wide, one-half, or 

 nearly one-half, of the length of the head. Tail longer than the 

 body. The length of the head is contained twice and one-third in 

 that of the trunk. Ground-colour brown, or brownish black ; head 

 and anterior part of trunk with irregular, more or less distinct dark 

 spots. Undulated and partly reticulated, chiefly subvcrtical yel- 

 lowish lines over the body and fins, and becoming more distinct 

 towards and on the tail. These lines are sometimes limited to the 

 posterior part of the tail, and the body is irregularly mottled with 

 brown {M. agassizii). Gill-opening without black spot ; fins not 

 white-edged. 



Vert. 64/68. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a. Many adult and half-grown specimens, in spirits and stuffed. 



