24. MUR-ENA. 129 



Gymnothorax zebra, Bl. Schn. p. 528. 



Gymnoniurfena doliata, Lac^p. v. pp. 648, 649, pi. 19. fig. 4. 

 Murseua molendinaris, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. i. 1833, p. 32. 

 Mursena zebra, BlecL Nat. Trjds. Ned. Ind. xiii. p. 80; and Act. Sue. 



Sc. Indo-Neerl. ii. Amhoyna, viii. p. 93. 

 Gyninonmraena fasciata, Kemp, Apod. p. 103, fig. 69 *. 

 Echidna zebra, Bleek. Atl. Ichihyul. Mur. p. 81, pi. 27. fig. 1. 



Jaws armed with plates or bands of obtuse molars. Tail only- 

 half as long as the trunk. Fins hidden below the skin. Blackish 

 brown, surrounded by very numerous (30-100) narrow, white, dark- 

 edged rings. The rings are the less regular and complete the more 

 numerous they are. 



Vert. 97 38. 



Indian archipelago ; Pacific. 



a. Type of the species, 29 inches long. Sumatra. Presented by 



the Royal CoUege of Surgeons. 

 h. Half-grown. Sumatra From the Collection of Sir T, S. Raffles. 



c. Young, 14 inches long. Araboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's 



Collection. 



e. Adult. Samoa Islands. From the Collection of Messrs. Godef- 



froy. 

 /. Type of M. inolendinaris, Benn., and G. fasciata, Kaup, 50 inches 



long. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 g. Adult: sk-eleton. Seychelle Islands. Presented by Professor E. 



Perceval Wright (var. molendinaris) . 



67. Muraena polyzona. 



Murtena polyzoua, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Zool. p. 112, pi. 55. figs. 11- 

 14, and Voy. Ereb. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 95 ; B/eek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Neerl. Manado, p. 73. 



dizona, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. xxii. p. 260. 



Poecilophis polyzonus, Kaup, Apod. -p. 101 (copied from Richardson); 

 ,Kner, Novara, Fische, p. 382. 



Echidna polyzona, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 81, pi. 24. fig. 3. 



Jaws armed with bands of obtuse molars ; maxillary teeth obtusely 

 conical. Tail as long as the body. Fins distinct. Blackish brown, 

 surrounded by rather numerous (26-29) narrow whitish rings, widen- 

 ing on the abdomen. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of the species, 9^ inches long. Presented by Sir J. Ricli- 



ardson. 

 h. Ten inches long. From the Haslar Collection, 

 c, d. Nino inches long. 



* Hr. Kaup's acquaintance with the literature of the Apodal Fislics was verv 

 limited. In this instance he actually projwses a new name for the identical 

 spccmien wliicli was tlio typo of Bonnetl's M. molc7>dinnris. 



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