25. GYMNOMITKiENA. 133 



the gill-opening — that is, a rudi'^entary pectoral tin. Whitish ; 

 the pores on the snout brown. 

 Mauritius. 



The typical specimen is in the Turin Museum. 



25. GYMNOMURJENA. 



Gymnomursena, sp., et Muraenobleuua, Laccp. v. p. 648. 

 Ichthyophis, Lesson, Votf. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 129. 

 Uropterygius, Hiip}}. N. W. Fische, p. 83. 

 Gymnomiirsena, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 112. 

 Channomurfena, Richards. Voy. Ereb. i^- Terr. Fish. p. 90. 



Scalelsss. Teeth numerous, small, pointed. Gill-openings nar- 

 row. Fins none except a rudimentary one round the end of the 

 taD. Two pairs of nostrils on the upper surface of the snout, the 

 posterior being a small round foramen. 



Tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans ; ? Atlantic. 



a. Gape of moderate width ; snout of tnodcratc length : Gymnomuroena. 

 1. Gymnomuraena tigrina. 



Ichthyophis tigiiniis, Lesson, Mem. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Parts, iv. p. 399, 



and Vol/. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 129, Atl. Poiss. pi. 12 ; Richards. Voy. 



Ereb. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 96 ; Bleek. Veisl. Ak. Wet. Natuurk. xv. 



p. 463. 

 INIursenoblenna tigrina*, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. ii, Amboyna, 



viii. p. 93. 

 Gymnomuraena tigrina, Bleek. Atl. Lchth. Mur. p. 113, pi. 21. fig. 3 ; 



Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 387. 

 Skull : Oicen, Ostcol. Catal. i. p. 14. 



Brownish, with larger and smaller well-defined round black spots. 

 Maxillary and anterior mandibulary teeth in a double series ; no 

 distinct canine teeth. Eye small ; posterior nostril in a short t ibe. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago ; Western Pacific. 



a. Four feet long : stuffed. Maui-itius. 



6. Adult. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Plaj-tair. 



c. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



d. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



2. GynmomuraBiia marmorata. 



Gymnomuraena marmorata, Lacip. v. pp. 648, 650 j Bleek. Atl. Ichth, 



Mur. p. 113, pi. 31. fig. 3. 

 Ichthyophis pantherinus, Less. Voy. Coq. Poiss. ii. p. 131, Atl. pi. 13 ; 



Bleek. Versl. Ak. Wet. Natuurk. xv. p. 464. 

 Miiraena micropterus, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 298 ; or Verh. 



Bat. Gen. xxv. Mur. p. 50 (young). 

 Uropterygius xanthopterus, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. xix. p. 350 



(young). 

 Gj'mnomuraena macrocephalus, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii. p. 54 ; or 



Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 114, pi. 21. fig. 2 (young). 



* Blecker has shown that Kaup has confounded very different fishes under 

 this name. 



