MUR^NAS, 



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Ancient Eomans is Murmna hekna, wliich is not confined to 

 the Mediterranean, but also found in the Indian Ocean and 

 on the coast of Australia, Its skin is of a rich brown, beauti- 

 fully marked with large yellowish spots, each of which con- 

 tains smaller brown spots. 



Fig. 306. — Mursena picta, from tlie Indo-Pacific. 



Gymnomurcena differs from Murmna in having the fins 

 reduced to a short rudiment near the end of the tail. Six 



Fig. 307. — Gymnomura3na vittata, from Cuba. 



species are known growing to a length of eight feet. 



Myroconger and Enclielycore belong to the same sub-family 



