114 MUR^NID^. 



provided with a yellow edge and submarginal black band. The 

 yellow edge is not mentioned in the description, nor is it visible in 

 our specimens ; and the black band is, in reality, a longitudinal fold, 

 visible in many specimens of Murcena. 



33. Muraena buroensis. 



Mui-aena biu-oensis, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Lid. xiii. p. 79. 

 Gymnotliorax buroensis, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mtir. p. 90, pi. 46. fig. 1 



(dentition faultily represented). 

 griseo-badius, Bleek. I. c. p. 105, pi. 31. fig. 2 (not Richards.). 



STcin with scale-pouches. Teeth short, hiserial, except those on the 

 vomer and the sides of the mandible. Gill-opening rather wider 

 than the eye. Snout short ; eye small. Tail about as long as the 

 body ; the length of the head is two-fifths or one-third of that of 

 the trunk. Brown, with numerous more or less distinct, sometimes 

 entirely wanting, small black spots. Fins without white margin. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of the species, 13 inches long. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



h. Ten inches long. From Dr. Blocker's Collection as M. griseo- 

 hadia. 



34. Muraena polyuranodon. 



Murpena polyuranodon, Bkek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. v. p. 248, or 



7er/(. But. Gen. xxv. Mur. p. 75. 

 MuTfenoblenna tigrina, Katij), Apod. p. 98 (part.). 

 Polyuranodon kulilii, Kanp, Apod. p. OG. 

 Gynmothorax polyuranodon, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 89, pi. 30. fig. 2. 



All the teeth hi- or iriserial. Gill-opening a little wider than the 

 eye. Anterior teeth scarcely larger than the following. Snout of 

 moderate length ; eye small, half the length of the snout, situated 

 above the middle of the cleft of the mouth. Tcdl shorter than the 

 body ; the length of the head is one-fourth of that of the trunlc. Yel- 

 lowish brown, with irregular rounded, more or less confluent black 

 spots ; the spots coalesce into longitudinal bands on the head. 



East-Indian archipelago (fresh water). 



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



35. Muraena duivenbodii. 



Muraena duivenbodei, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. x. p. 385. 

 Gymnothorax duivenbodei, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 89, pi. 25. fig. 1. 



Maxillary teeth hiserial, the others uniserial. Intermaxillary and 

 anterior mandibulary teeth much smaller than the mesial canines. 

 The mouth cannot be shut completely. Snout not twice as long as 

 the ej^e, which is of moderate size, and somewhat nearer to the end 

 of the snout than to the angle of the mouth. Gill-opening as wide 

 as the eye. Tail as long as the body ; the length of the head is 

 two-fifths of that of the trunk. Brownish, with rather distant 



