126 MURiENID^. 



teeth scarcely larger than the others ; vomer toothless. Gill- 

 opening scarcely larger than the ej'^e, which is very small. Snout 

 obtuse ; cleft of the mouth of moderate width. Tail shorter than 

 the body ; the length of the head is two-sevenths of that of the 

 trunk. Uniform blackish brown ; anterior part of the body with 

 short, black undulating lines. 

 Madeira. 



a. Type of the species, 41 inches long. Presented by J. Y. John- 

 son, Esq. 



57. Mursena sanguinea. 



Pythonichthys saupfuineus, Poey, Re]yert. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. p. 205, 

 pi. 2. fig. 7 (head). 



Teeth small, pointed, biserial in the jaws, pluriserial on the 

 vomer. Tail longer than the body ; the length of the head is one- 

 half of the distance of the gill-opening from the vent. Mouth wide. 

 Eye very small. Nostrils not tubular. Uniform pink. (Poey.) 



Cuba. 



58. Muraena moluccensis. 



Priodonophis moluccensis, Bleek. Ned. Tvd^. Dierk. ii. p. 48 ; or Atl. 

 lehth. Mur. p. 108, pi. 43. fig. 1. 



Teeth uniserial, vith the hinder edge serrated ; vomerine teeth 

 subbiserial anteriorly ; mandible with about 22 teeth on each side. 

 Canines small. Gill-opening wider than the eye. Snout depressed, 

 obtusely rounded in front, of moderate length. Eye rather small, 

 half as long as the snout. Tail shorter than the body ; the length 

 of the head is one-third of that of the trunk. Skin with scale- 

 pouches. Uniform brown. 



Amboyna. 

 a. Type of the species, 399 miUims. long. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



59. Muraena modesta. 

 Kaup, Aale Hamburg. Mus. p. 21, tab. 4. fig. 2. 



Teeth uniserial, ivith a basal lobe ; mandible vsdth twelve teeth on 

 each side ; snout short, obtuse ; eye small, two-thirds of the length 

 of the snout. Tail rather shorter than body. Brown, with irre- 

 gular blackish venules. {Kaujp.) 



Valparaiso. 



60. Muraena sathete. 



Mursenophis sathete. Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. pp. 17, 303. 

 Lycodontis longicaudata, M'Clell. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. p. 187, 



pi. 8. fig. 2. 

 Strophidon longicaudata, M'Clell. I. c. p. 215. 

 Murseua sathete, Ricliards. Voy. Ereh. 8) Terr. Ichth. p. 91 ; Cant. 



Mai. Fish. p. 331. 

 Thyrsoidea sathete, Kaup, Apod. p. 80 (cop. from Richards.). 



Maxillary, vomerine, and anterior mandilndary teeth biserial, the 

 others uniserial. Canines but little larr/er than the others. Snout of 



