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 D. ca. 310 + C. ca. 10 + A. ca. 214; P. 9. 

 Height about 40; head 9.3 times in length. Eye 1 2;. snout 



Fig. 121. Paiaviyrus microcliir (Blkr.). (After Bleeker) nat. size. 



4.8 times in length of head. Dorsal commencing above the 

 extremity of the pectorals. Pectorals about 4.8 

 times in head. Teeth conical, small, on the 

 vomer and the sides of the jaws uniserial; ante- 

 riorly in the jaws larger and biserial, on the 

 intermaxillary plate also larger and triserial. 

 Grayish above, lighter below, hinder part of 



Fig.i22. Dentition anal fin with a black margin. Length of the 



of Para III vrtis . . . , . 



microchir (Blkr.). smgle specmien known 224 mm. [Type of the 

 (After Bleeker). species in the British Museum, seen by us]. 

 Habitat: Celebes (Makassar!). 



2. Muraenichthys Bleeker. 



(Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Gen. XXV. 1853, Muiaenoiden p. 71). 



Very elongate, cylindrical, even vermiform. Anus before 

 middle of length. Origin of dorsal far behind gillopenings; before, 

 above or slightly behind anus. Dorsal, caudal and anal con- 

 fluent, generally low. Pectorals absent. Snout somewhat pro- 

 jecting beyond the lower jaw; cleft of mouth extending more 

 or less behind eye. Nostrils on the margin of the upper lip ; 

 the anterior in a tube, the posterior at the base of a pendulous 

 flap. Teeth on vomer and jaws. No scales, lateral line 

 present. Gillopenings very small, lateral, separated by a broad 

 isthmus. 



Distribution: Indo-australian Archipelago ; from Red Sea 

 to Westpacific Islands and Japan. In sea: on reefs, on sandy 

 bottom and pelagic, near shore. 



