of the Bay of Bengal ke. 457 
times its height; abdomen large and full. Snout blunt, 
hardly advanced, its surface studded with pin-hole pores ; its 
breadth nearly twice its length, which is but three fourths of 
that of the eye. yes large, nearly circular, prominent, their 
major diameter a little less than one fourth the length of the 
head measured to the gill-opening. Nostrils large, the ante- 
rior subtubular, the posterior above the angle of the eye. 
Mouth cavernous. Jaws slender, equal. Tongue short, 
broad, fleshy, free in its anterior third. In each jaw a row of 
small uniform teeth in continuous contact, except at their 
extreme tips, which show as minute recurved asperities on a 
sharp-edged ridge. No vomerine teeth. A large, oval, 
horny, granular plate in the fauces behind the superior 
pharyngeal bones. A mucous channel with numerous pores 
along the lower jaw beneath. Gill-lamine narrow ; gill- 
openings of moderate size, a broad fold extends from their 
outer edge to the base of the pectoral fin. No scales. Head 
with numerous black tubular papilla. Lateral line a salient 
tube, with upwards of a hundred similar papille. Vertical 
fins confluent ; the dorsal, which begins above the base of the 
pectoral, is considerably higher than the anal. Pectorals two 
fifths of the length of the head. 
Colours in spirit :—Uniform yellow-brown ; abdomen 
speckled with black, due to the peritoneal pigment showing 
through. 
Visceral peritoneum black. Stomach with a cecum half 
as long as the body-cavity. Intestine sinuous. Only the 
left lobe of the liver developed, Air-bladder large, globular. 
Length 64 to 104 inches. 
Hab. Andaman Sea, off Ross Island, in from 265 to 271 
fathoms. 
Group? Allied to Mvrawzsocrwa. 
SAUROMURAZNESOX, gen. nov. 
Form of the body widely departing from the typical, the 
trunk being high and well marked off from the head and tail, 
which is a long tapering appendage. ‘Tissues well developed. 
Gills four, opening into the pharynx by wide slits; gill- 
openings separate. Jleart situated immediately behind the 
gills. Nostrils lateral. Eye large. Tongue free. Vertical 
fins ill developed, confluent; the dorsal begins in front of the 
level of the gill-opening. Pectoral fins well developed. No 
scales. Snout long, pointed. Cleft of mouth extending far 
behind the eye; the upper jaw overlapping the lower, One 
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