26. ENCHKlTCOnE. 135 



Channomurrcna cubeasis, Poey, Rcpert. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. p. 266, 

 lam. 3. %. 6 (head). 



Teeth equal in sko, forming bands. Cleft of the mouth half as 

 long as the head. Tail half as long as and much lower than the 

 trunk. Yellowish, with irregular broad brown cross bands. 



West Indies. 



a. Type of the species, stuffed, 48^ inches long. From the Haslar 



Collection. 

 h. Twenty-eight inches long. Cuba. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



6. Gynmomuraena bennettii 



Teeth equal in size, forming broad bands, the upper band con- 

 sisting of about six, and the lower of about four series. Vomerine 

 band short. Snout very short ; eye very small, about two-fifths of 

 the length of the snout. Cleft of the mouth exceedingly wide, half 

 as long as the head. Tail lialf as long as and much lower thatt the 

 body. The length of the head is two-sevenths of that of the trunk. 

 Uniform brown (in a dried state). 



[Mauritius. 



a. Stuffed, 37 inches long. From Mr. Telfair's Collection. Pre- 

 sented by the Zoological Society. 



I have dedicated this species to the memory of Mr. Bennett, who, 

 as Secretary of the Zoological Society, more than thirty years ago 

 described the fishes of the Mauritius in an admirable manner. 



20. ENCHELYCORE. 

 Enchelycore, Kaup, Apod. p. 73. 

 Scaleless. Teeth niunerous, acutely pointed, unequal in size. 

 Gill-oj)cnings narrow. Pectoral fins none ; dorsal and anal well 

 developed. Two pairs of nostrils on the upper surface of the snout : 

 the posterior a long slit, the anterior in a small tube. 

 VVest Indies. 



1. Enchelycore nigricans. 



Mursena, sp., Gronov. Zoophi/l. no. 103. 



Mursena nigricans, Botuiaterre, Encycl. Meth. Ichth. p. 34. 



Murenopkis nigricans, Laccp. v. pp. 028, 041. 



MurtEua anguiua, Gronov. Syst. ea. Gray, p. 18. 



Enchelycore eiiryrhina, Kaitp, Apod. p. 73. 



Snout narrow, rather produced ; the jaws cannot be shut in adult 

 examples. MaxiUar^- teeth biserial ; canines very long and slender ; 

 eye of moderate size. The dorsal fin begins above the gill-opening. 

 Tail nearly as long as the body. Uniform black. 



Caribbean Sea. 



<•. Twenty-six inches long. Dominica. Purchased. 

 h. Half-grown. Grenada. Purchased. 

 c-d. Young. Barbadoes. Purchased. 



