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 I. Moringua bicolor Kaup. 



Mor'mgua bicolor Kaup, Cat. Apod, fish 1856, p. 107. 

 Moringua bicolor Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 15. 



Moringua bicolor Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 91. — Fische d. Siidsee 

 Heft IX. 1910. p. 405. 



Height 60 — 70 (90 in a specimen of 775 mm.); head 12.5 — 16, 

 ^.6 times in trunk (in a specimen of 346 mm.). Tail 2 — 2-/3 

 in length of head and trunk. Eye 11 — 14, much shorter than 

 snout. Cleft of mouth about 5 times in length of head, reaching 

 to hind border of eye. Lower jaw in young and old specimens 

 prominent. Dorsal and anal interrupted in their middle by an 

 interspace about equal in length to that of their anterior part. 

 The longest rays of this part are about equal to the height 

 of the body. The distance of the origin of the anal from the 



Fig. 165. Moringua bicolor Kaup. 



anus is somewhat more than the length of the head. The origin 

 of the dorsal is at a slight distance behind the vertical through 

 the origin of the anal. Caudal forming a prominent point 

 beyond the dorsal and anal with which it is confluent. Pectorals 

 6 — 6'/2 times in length of head, rounded. Teeth conical, pointed, 

 uniserial, 6 — 8 in each mandible, 5 — 6 in each maxillary, 3 on 

 the vomer and 3 pairs of stouter ones on the intermaxillary 

 plate. Blackish brown above, yellowish white below, both 

 colours sharply separated. Fins yellowish white, end of the 

 united dorsal, caudal and anal blackish. Length to 775 mm. 

 Habitat: East Flores!; Timor. — Kandavu and New Britain!. 



2. Moringua microchir Blkr. 



Moringua iiiicroclrir Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie IV. 1853, p. 124. — 

 All. Ichlh. IV. 1864, P- 16. 



