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Much elongate, cylindrical. Anus in the anterior half of the 

 length. Origin of dorsal above or slightly behind gillopenings. 

 Dorsal and anal not confluent, ending at a short distance from 

 point of tail. Pectorals well deve- ,j. ^ 



loped. Head rather small, pointed. .f;. 



; Snout pointed, somewhat projecting 

 beyond the mouth, which is large, 

 its cleft extending far beyond eye. 

 Edge of the upper lip with a fringe 

 of barbels. Eye small. Anterior 

 nostrils short tubes on the edge of 

 the snout; posterior nostrils a slit on 

 the inner side of the upper hp. 

 Tongue not free. Teeth equally small, 

 in bands on jaws and vomer, those 

 of the intermaxillary plate in a group, 

 distant from the other teeth. No 

 scales, lateral line present. Gill- 

 openings rather small, before and 

 somewhat below base of pectorals. 



Distribution: Red Sea, Zan- 

 zibar, Madagascar, Indo-australian Archipelago, Philippines 

 China. 



rnc6' ' 'rrt ttl. 



Fig. 135. Dentition oiCirrJii- 



muraena cliinetisis Kaup. 



teeth on intermaxillary plate, 



t maxillary, vid mandibulary, 



V vomerine teeth. X 4- 



Key to the indo-australian species of 

 Cirrhimuraena. 



1. Cleft of mouth thrice in length of head. Vomerine 



band of teeth narrow, consisting of 2 series C. tapeinoptcrus p. 29] 



2. Cleft of mouth less than thrice in length of head. 

 Vomerine band of teeth broader, consisting of3to4 

 series. 



a. Origin of dorsal above gillopenings C. ch'mcnsis p, 292. 



l>. Origin of dorsal behind base of pectorals C. chilopogon p. 293. 



I. Cirrhimuraena tapeinopterus Blkr, 



Cirrhimuraena tapeinopterus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Uierk. I. 1863, p. 183. — 



Atl. Ichth. IV^ 1864, p. 41. 

 } Cirrhimttracna tapeinoptera Kner, Fischc Novara-Exp. 1865 — 1867, p. 376. 

 Ophichthys tapeinoptcrus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 75. 

 Ophichthus tapeinopterus Jordan & Scale, Bull. Bureau fish. Washington XXVI. 



(1906) 1907, p. 6. 



