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 3- Muraena (Priodonophis) moluccensis Blkr. 



Prtodonophis moluccensis 15leeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. IF. (1864) 1865, p. 48. — 



Atl. Ichlh. IV. 1864, p. 108. 

 Muraena moluccensis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 126. 



Height about 20, not much decreasing posteriorly, the tail 

 scarcely tapering towards its end. Head and trunk one length 

 of head longer than tail. Head 8.4, 3.7 in trunk. Eye nearly 

 12, about twice in snout. Gillopenings wider than eye. Cleft 

 of mouth 2.6 in head. Dorsal and anal rather low, the former 

 beginning somewhat before gillopenings. Teeth compressed, 

 with the hinder edge finely serrated. Maxillaries with a single 

 series of about 15 teeth, increasing in size anteriorly. A peri- 

 pheral series of about 9 stronger teeth on intermaxillary plate 

 and a single mesial one. Teeth on vomer small, without ser- 

 rations, anteriorly in a double, posteriorly in a single series. 

 Mandibles with about 25 teeth on each side, uniserial, but 

 less regularly arranged towards the symphysis. Uniform brown. 

 Length of single specimen known 395 mm. [Type of the 

 species in the British Museum seen by us]. 



Habitat: Ambon!. 



5. Subgenus Enchelynassa Kaup. 



(Kaup, Cat. Apodal Fish 1856, p. 72). 



Anterior nostrils at some distance of end of snout, with a 

 low thickened rim and a posterior bilobed flap, posterior 

 nostrils situated midway between anterior nostrils and eye, 

 oval, not much smaller than eye, surrounded by a broad, thin 

 membrane. Height less than 30. Teeth without serrature. 



I. Muraena (Enchelynassa) canina Q. G. 



Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, Voyage de I'Uranie et la Physicienne, Zoologie 



1824, p. 247. 

 Enchelynassa Blcekcri Kaup, Cat. Apod, fish 1856, p. 72. 

 Gymnothorax caninus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. II. 1865, p. 136. 

 Gymnothorax Bleekeri Bleeker, Ibid. p. 136. 



Enchelynassa bleekeri Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 136. 

 Gymnothorax vinolentus Jordan & Evermanu, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. XXII. 



(1902) 1904, p. 165. 



Enchelynassa bleekeri Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. XXIII. 



(1903) 1905, p. 90. 



Enchelynassa vinolc/itiis Jordan cS: Evermann, Ibid. p. 91. 



