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late, widely set ones, without any basal lobes ; mandibular teeth 

 much smaller than the vomerine, and those in the external row 

 not directed outwards. fins the dorsal commences a short distance 

 before the base of the pectoral ; the anal under about the fifty-filth 

 dorsal ray, just posterior to the vent. Colour upper surface of 



Fig. 33. Murcenesox tulabon. 



back and head olive, becoming brown posteriorly ; abdomen dull 

 white, becoming silvery inferiorly. The throat, cheeks, and gill- 

 covers with golden reflections; vertical fins with dark margins. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago ; attaining ten feet 

 or more in length. 



100. (2.) Muraenesox talabonoides. 



Conger talabonoides, Sleeker, Bataria, Verhand. Nat. Ver. xxv, Mur. 



p. 20. 

 Muroinesox talabcuoides, Day, Fish. India, p. GG2, pi. clxviii, fig. 3 



(see synon.). . . 



B. xviii-xix. P. 15. D. 245-250. C. 10. A. 200-205. 



Length of head one third of the distance between end of snout and 

 vent ; length of trunk rather less than that of the tail. Extent of 

 the cleft of the mouth about half of the length of the head. Eyes 

 diameter 3^ to 3j in the length of the snout, and 1 diameter 

 apart. Teeth the anterior on the vomer are straight, slender, 

 compressed, and elongated, while the posterior have a small basal 

 lobe in front aud behind ; the outer mandibular teeth are directed 

 outwards. Fins the dorsal commences in advance of the base of 

 the pectoral, the latter fin contained 3f times in the length of the 

 head. Colour silvery, becoming white on the abdomen ; vertical 

 fins yellowish, with a narrow black outer border. 



Hob. Seas and . estuaries of India to the Malay Archipelago. 

 This is the rarest of the three forms of this genus found in India, j 



101. (3.) MuraBnesox cinereus. 



Murana cinerea, Forsk. Dcsc. An Jin. pp. x and 22. 

 Mununesox cinereus, Day, Fish. India, p. 002, pi. clxviii, fig. 4 

 (see synon.). 



B.xx-xxii. P. 14-10. D. 230-270. C. 10. A. 190-220. 



Length of head 2\ to 21; times in the distance between end of 

 snout and vciit ; length of trunk rather less than that of the tail. 

 Extent of cl<>ft of mouth equals rather less than half the length of 



