MUK.ENID^. 107 



Vaohyums linearis, Sicuinson, Nat. H. Fish, ii., 3;J5, f. iii. c. c. 

 Ptyobranchus arundiiiaceus, Pt. Guthnanus (adult) et Ft. brevis 



(young), McL'h'U. Calc. Journ. v., pp. !300, ^02, 221, 228, pi. ix., 



I 3-U, pi. X., f. 1, 2. 



An old tisb, bas during life pale reddisli-browu head, cheeks, and 

 throat, thickly bedecked with black or liliaceous spots ; the back 

 and sides, down to the lateral line, pale greenish or grayish olive, 

 stippled with black or lilac ; the pectorals, pale carmine-red ; the 

 fore-part of the dorsal and anal fins, whitish ; the hinder part of 

 these fins and the caudal, black. The belly is smutty, reddish- 

 white, stippled with orange, and the tail spotted with black or lilac. 

 The eyes are black. 



After death the head and back are carmine, aspersed here and 

 there by greater or lesser spots. In this condition it constitutes 

 McClelland's arundiiiaceus and Guthrianus. 



When completely grown, this fish reaches a length of 26 or 27 

 inches. The collection of synonyms is due to the researches of 

 the very able Indian ichthyologist, Dr. Cantor. 



187. MORINGUA BICOLOR. 



Moringua bicolor, Kaup. 



Like raitahorua, this species possesses small but distinct pec- 

 torals, but it differs in its colours, and in having the dorsal and 

 anal fins of equal lengths. They commence on the third part of 

 the tail. Upper jaw longer than the snout. Teeth pretty long, 

 acute, and recurved; 9 in the upper jaw, on the mandible. 



Colour of the upper aspect and end of the tail, dark, with traces 

 of bars and spots ; the lower aspect is silvery. 



Length, 14:T5 in. Length of tail, 4"25 in. 



Timor (Leyden Museum). 



188. Moringua lumbbicoides. 

 Moringua lumbricoides, Gray, British Museum. 



This species has a great resemblance to the one which imme- 

 diately follows, but has a larger mouth, a more suddenly tapering 

 snout, and merely rudimentary pectorals, which can be seen only 

 through the assistance of a lens. The anal does not begin close to 

 the anus, but is more conspicuous than in lumhricijorrais, as is also 

 the dorsal. The eyes are not so easily seen as in the species just 

 named. It is altogether a more slender fish, with a shorter tail. 

 Length, 10-55 in. Length of tail, 3-66 in. 



China (British Museum, 11. Pieeves, Esq.). 



189. Moringua lumbriciformis. 

 Moringua lumbriciformis, Kaup. 



A round-bodied species, with an extremely short head and pointed 



