MUB^ENIIXE. 70 



Length of head to gill-opening 3 to 3| in the distance between 

 the end of the smout and the vent ; tail slightly longer or shorter 

 than the trunk. Snout compressed. Eyes situated slightly before 

 the middle of the distance between the angle of the mouth and the 

 end of the snout. Length of cleft of mouth 2 \ to 2^ in the dis- 

 tance between the end of the snout and the gill-opening. Anterior 

 nasal tubes half as long as eye. Teeth large, compressed, pointed, 

 and in the adult in a single row : occasionally in the young there is 

 a short internal row in the maxilla. Fins dorsal commences 

 above the gill-opening. Colour dark polygonal or rounded spots, 

 which are separated by narrow light lines or interspaces on the 

 head, body, and fins ; most or all of the spots are wider than the 

 intervening areas. 



Hab. Prom the east coast of Africa and the Mauritius, through 

 the seas of India to the Malay Archipelago, and China. 



81. (9.) Muraena fimbriata. 



Murama fimbriata, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 168 ; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 670, pi. clxxii, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



Chukapdm, Tel. 



Length of head 3 to 3| in the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the vent ; tail one third longer than the trunk. Eye 

 rather nearer the angle of the mouth than the end of the narrow 

 snout, from which last it is distant from If to 2 diameters. Extent 

 of cleft of mouth equal to one third of the length of the head. 

 Gill-opening smaller than the eye. Teeth pointed, and in a single 

 row, without any basal lobe, occasionally there are 2 or 3 teeth 

 in a second inner maxillary row. Colour olive-brown, with a 

 few black spots on the head, and numerous irregularly formed ones 

 on the body, dorsal and anal fins; many of the spots take a 

 vertical direction, and a few are larger than the eye. Pins with a 

 white* edge. In some examples the spots are in 2 or 3 regular 

 longitudinal rows. 



Hab. Madagascar, Coromandel Coast of India, Andaman Islands 

 to the Malay Archipelago. 



82. (10.) Mursena pseudothyrsoidea. 



Muraena pseudothyrsoidea, Bleeker, Balavia, Nat. Tijdschr. iii, p. 778, 

 and Murom, p. 44 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 070, pi. clxxiii, fig. 3 (see 

 synon.). 



Jlesdl, Marathi. 



Length of head 3J to 3 in the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the vent ; tail a little shorter than the trunk. Eyes 

 nearer end of snout than angle of mouth, \\ to 2 diameters in the 

 length of the snout, and l- apart. Cleft of mouth 2\ in the length 

 of the head. The gill-opening about one third wider than the 

 eye. Teeth in a single row, about 18 or 20 on each side of 

 the mandible, the 2 anterior being canines and of moderate 

 size ; one or two teeth of anterior vomerine scries subulate and 



