12'^ JIUR-ENID^. 



leiigtli of the head is about one-tenth or one-twelfth of the total, 

 and one-third of that of the trunk. Maxillarj- and mandibularj' 

 teeth biserial ; canines but little developed. Eye of moderate size, 

 at least one-half of the length of the snout, and much nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the angle of the mouth. 8nout rather ob- 

 tuse ; cleft of the mouth very Avide, one-third of the length of the 

 head. Gill-opening rather wider than the eye. Uniform blackish 

 brown. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



a. Forty-six inches long. Port Natal. From Mr. Ayres's Col- 

 lection. 



h. Skin, ten feet long. Ceylon. Presented by — Nimmo, Esq. 



c. Large specimen : stuffed. Indian Ocean. Presented by T. C. 

 Jerdon, Esq. 



<T . Large specimen. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Typo 

 of the species. 



e. Skin, in spirits, 9 feet long. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



4. Exceedingh' clo)i(/ate, the tail being nearly as long as the horlg. 



04. Mursena brummeri. 



Mursena brummeri, BJceh. Nat. Ti/ds. Ned. Ind. xvii. p. 137. 

 Stropliidon brummeri, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. lOD. 

 Pseudecliidna brummeri, Bleek. I. c. pi. 18. fig. 1. 



Body and tail very slender, the length of the head being one-sixth 

 of that of the trunk ; tail a little longer than the body. Teeth uni- 

 serial. Dorsal fin rather elevated, more than half as high as the 

 body. Uniform brownish olive, head with brown dots, fins with a 

 white margin. 



Timor, Ceram. 



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



65. Mursena pblyodon. 



Strophidon polyodon, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Diei-k. ii. p. 47; or Atl 

 Ichth. Mur. p. 109, pi. 19. fig. 3. 



Body and tail very slender, the length of the head being one-sixth 

 of that of the trunk ; tail longer than the body. Maxillary and an- 

 terior mandibulary teeth biserial. Dorsal fin moderately developed, 

 not half as high as the body. Uniform brownish olive, head with 

 brown dots, fins with a white margin. 



Amboyna. 



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



II. Most of the teeth are obtuse, molar-like : Poeoiloplus. 



06. Muraena zebra. 



? Seba, ii. p. 72, tab. 70. fig. 1 ; ii. p. 73, tab. 70. fig. 3. 

 Gymnomuraina zebra, Shaw, /ool. Misc. p. 101 ; Bichards. Voy. Ereb. 

 8,- Terr. Fish. p. 95 (copied by Kaiip, Apod. p. 104, fig. 70). 



