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154. Thyksoidea ceramensis. 

 Murffina ceramensis, BleeJcer, Muranoiden. 



A short, tliickish species, with a blunt head and somewhat 

 swollen snout. The eyes half the length of the snout. Dorsal not 

 much developed, pretty low, and commencing immediately behind 

 the occiput. Anus nearly in the middle of the fish. 



Nasal teeth, 16, of which 3 lateral ones are very small; on the 

 mesial line, 3. Palatines, 12; 9 in the interior row. Vome- 

 rines, 8, the front one blunt, one irregularly thrusting out of the 

 row, and one indicating a second row. Mandibulars, 16-17, fore- 

 most three pairs bigger. 



Total length, 10-43 in. Length of tail, 5-32 in. 



Bleeker says that the colour of this fish is brown, clouded by a 

 darker brown tint ; the fins also brown, with darker clouds. 



Owhyhee, Ceram [Bleeker). Java {Kuhl). Nouhahiva (Paris 

 Museum. Two spec). 



155. Thtrsoidea Boschii. ^ 



Muroena Boschii, Bleeker, Muranoiden. 



Nasal teeth, 6-8. Palatines, 11 in the outer row, 7 in the 

 inner one. Vomerines, 14, short and blunt, in two rows. Mandi- 

 bulars, 1 1 in the outer row, 7 in the inner one ; on the mesial line, 

 2. Dorsal commencing before the gill-opening; and the anus 

 situated before the middle of the fish. Colour brown. 



Bays: D. 300; A. 180 = 480; C. 10. 



Total length, 5-32 in. 



Sumatra {Bleeker). 



156. Thyesoidea prosopeion. 



Mursena prosopeion, Bleeker, Diagn. Beschr. Sumatra. 



Nasal teeth, 14; on the mesial line, 1. Palatines of the outer 

 rank, 18-20; of the inner one, 8-13. Vomerines, 20-27, blunt, 

 and in two rows. Mandibulars of the outer row, 22-25 ; on the 

 inner side, close to the symphysis, 3-5. Dorsal beginning before 

 the gill -opening. Anus situated before the middle of the fish. 



Fore-half of the head chestnut-brown ; body orauge-coluured, 

 irregularly spotted with brown. A brown stripe on the edge of the 

 anal. 



Rays : D. 285-350 ; A. 190-245 = 635 or 435 ; C. 12. 



Priaman, Sumatra [Bleeker). 



157. Thrysoidea multifasciata. 



Thyrsoidea multifasciata, Kaup. 



Nasal teeth, 12, evenly disposed, in one row, forming a regular 



