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MURAUNID. 
H/2Q AnGuinta aS 
Steind., Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1867, lv, p. 15; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 27; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 
203, and Proe. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales viii, p. 210. 
Hab.—North and east coasts of Australia; Port Jackson; Hawkesbury and Richmond Rivers. 
Grows to the length of 30 inches. 
ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS. 
Rich., Trans. Zool. Soc. iii, p. 157, & Voy. Erebus and Terror Fishes, p. 112, pl. 45, ff. 1- 
Jenyns, Voy. Beagle Fishes, p. 142; Bleek., Atl. Ichthyol. Muren., p. 12, t. 7, f. 
Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 86; Macleay, Aust. Cat. 11, p. 203; Tenison-Woods, Fisheries of N.S 
Wales, p. 88, pl. 39. 
Hab.—Timor ; New Zealand; Auckland Islands; Tasmania; rivers of the eastern watershed and 
coasts of Victoria and New South Wales. The Australian eel. A good fish for the table. 
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CONGER LABIATUS. 
Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales iii, p. 396. 
Hab.—Port Jackson. Grows to 3 feet in length. 
CoNGROMURENA HABENATA. 
Congrus habenatus, Rich., Voy. Erebus and Terror Fishes, p. 109, pl. 50, ff. 1-5. 
Congromurena habenata, Kaup, Apodes, p. 108, f. 72; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 42 ; Macleay, Aust. Cat ii, p. 
206. 
? Ophisoma habenata, Kner, Voy. Novara Fische, p. 374, t. 13, f. 2. 
Hab.—New Zealand; Melbourne, rare; a single specimen cast up on Bondi Beach, N. 8. Wales. 
Length, 12°70 inches. 
Mvr2£NESOX CINEREUS. 
Murena cinerea, Forsk., Deser. Anim., pp. 10 and 22. 
—— bagio, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 24, 364. 
Ophisurus rostratus, Quoy & Gaim., Voy. Freye. Zool., p. 242, pl. 51, f. 1. 
Conger oxyrhynchus, Byd. & Soul., Voy. Bonite i, p. 208, pl. ix, f. 2. 
Congrus tricuspidatus, Rich., Voy. Sulphur Fishes, p. 105, pl. 51, f.2, Ichthyol. China, p. 312, and 
Voy. Erebus and Terror Fishes. p. 110. — 
Conger hamo, Schleg., Faun. Japon. Poiss., p. 262, pl. 114, f. 2; Rich., Voy. Erebus and Terror 
Fishes, p. 111. 
Murenesox bagio, Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 270; Kaup, Apodes, p. 116, pl. xiv, f. 73; Bleek., Atl. 
Ichtyhol. Muren. iv, p. 24, t. 170, f. 2; Kner, Voy. Novara Fische, p. 872 ; Casteln. Proc. 
Linn. Soe. N. 8. Wales ii, p. 244, and iii, p. 395. 
cinereus, Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 46; Day, Fishes of India, p. 662, pl. 168, f. 4; Macleay, Aust. 
Cat. ii, p. 206. 
Hab.—F¥rom the Red Sea through those of India to dete and Australia ; Port Jackson ; Hawkes- 
bury River. Silver Eel of the colonists. Grows to the length of 3 feet. 
? Myropuis AUSTRALIS. 
Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. Wales iii, p. 396. 
Hab,—Port Jackson. Length, 34 inches. . 
MUR2®NICHTHYS AUSTRALIS. 
Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 208. 
Hab.—Lane Cove, Port Jackson. Length, 1C inches. 
