j3. ^faxillary teeth lunseridl. 



39. Mursena picta, 



P Conger indicus maculosus, WiUuyhhj, Append, p. 24, tab. O 10. 



%• 1- 

 Muraena picta, AM, Be Mur. et Ophichth. in Thunh. Dissert, iii. p. 0, 



tab. 2. tig. 2 ; Giinth. in Fish. Zanz. p. 126. 

 Gjmnothorax pictus, Bl. Selin. p. 52!); Blcek. Atl. IcMh. Muran. 



p. 87, tab. 20. figs. .'3, 4, tab. 28. tig. 3, tab. 20. fig. 1, tab. 45. 



tig. 3 ; Kner, Nova'ra, Fisch. p. 384. 

 Murrenophis pantherina, Lacep. v. pp. 628, 641, 643. 

 ISIurfeua vaiiegata (prat-bernon), Quay iSj- Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. 



p. 240, pi. 52. tig. 1. 

 lita, Bivhards. Voy. Ereh. <§• Terr. Fish. p. 84 ; Bleek. Not. 



Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 294, and x. p. 383, or 7V»7(. Bat. Gen. 



XXV. MurcEH. p. 47, 



siderea, Richards. I. c. p. 85, pi. 48. figs. 1-5. 



pfeiiTeri, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. v. p. 173; or Verh. But. 



Gen. XXV. Murcen. p. 72. 

 Sidera pfeitl'eri, Katq), Apod. p. 70. 



pantherina, Kmqj, A2)od. p. 71. 



Gymnothorax pantberinus, Bleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. i. p. 152. 



Maxillary and intermaxillary teeth in a single series ; only one 

 or two anterior vomerine teeth, which are not subulate, and not hr</er 

 than the intermaxillary teeth. The vomerine series is generally dis- 

 tinctly bifurcate anteriorly. Mandibulary teeth uniserial, only the 

 anterior subbiserial. There are no distinct canine teeth. Anterior 

 nasal tubes not quite as long as the vertical diameter of the eye. 

 Snout of moderate length ; eye small, less than one-half of the 

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

 mouth, the length of which is nearly one-third of that of the head. 

 Tail about as long as the body ; the length of the head is contained 

 twice and two-thirds in that of the trunk. Brownish grey, with 

 an infinite number of vei-y small black spots separated by a fine 

 light networl : sometimes the spots are more or less confluent into 

 larger irregular spots, so that the fish appears to be marbled with 

 brown. Yoting examples light coloured, with black ring-shaped 

 figures, traces of which are sometimes still visible in larger ex- 

 amples, in which some of the dots are grouped together so as to 

 form obsolete spots. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a, h, c-d. Adult, half-grown, and young. Zanzibar. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Col- 

 lection. 



/. Half-grown. Moluccas. — Type of M. lita. 



rj, h, i. Adult and half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. 



Tc. Young. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. Raffles. 



/. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased. 



m. Young. Eomco. 



n. Half-groAvn. Celebes. From Dr. Blcekcr's Collection. — Type 

 of M. pfeiferi. 



