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teeth. No scales. Lateral line present. Gillopenings rather wide, 

 beginning opposite to the upper margin of the base of the 



Fig. 103. Muracncsox talaboii (Cantor). X Vs- 



pectorals and separated from each other by a narrow interspace. 

 Distj- ibu ti on : Found in all warm seas. 



Key to the indo-australian species 

 of Muraenesox. 



1. Outer row of the teeth in the mandibles not directed 

 outwards. Median canines of vomer with distinct ante- 

 rior and posterior basal lobes M. cinereus p. 253. 



2. Outer row of teeth in the mandibles directed outwards. 

 Median canines of vomer at most with an indication 

 only of basal lobes. 



a. Pectorals about 3 in head M. talabon p. 255. 



/'. Pectorals 4 or more in head M. tala/uvioides p. 256. 



I. Muraenesox cinereus (Forsk.j. 



Muraena cinerca Forskal, Descript. animal. 1775, pp. X, 22. 



Muraena arabica Bloch, Schneider, Syst. Ichth, 1801, p. 488. 



Mm-aena bagio Plamilton Buchanan, Fish. Ganges 1822, p. 364. 



Conger longirosiris Bennett, Life of Rallies, 1830, p. 692. 



\Conger oxyrhynchtis Eydoux & Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, 1841, I. p. 203. 



Muraenesox tricuspidata McClelland, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. IV. 1844, p. 409. 



Muraenesox hamiltoni McClelland, Ibid. V. 1845, p. 182. 



Muraenesox bengalcnsis McClelland, Ibid. V. 1845, p. 182, 210. 



