RETICULATED MURffiNA. 2 



white bands, somewhat irregular in their form on 

 different parts of the animal, and marked by nume- 

 rous brown spots and freckles : the head and orifice 

 of the mouth are small, and the jaws armed with 

 numerous close-set small and sharp teeth : the 

 tongue connate with the palate : the eyes small 

 and blue: the nostrils small, simple, and placed 

 very near the eyes : the snout furnished at the tip 

 with two very small setaceous cirri or beards : the- 

 branchial orifices are very small: the lateral line 

 scarce perceptible : the dorsal fin commences at a 

 considerable distance from the head, and is con- 

 tinued round the tail where it meets the anal fin. 

 This fish is a native of Surinam. 



RETlCtJLATED MURJENA. 



Muraena Reticulata. M. albida , fasciis transvcrsisfmcis, lateribus 



corporis fusco rdiculatis, pinna dorsali longitudine trunci. 

 Whitish Mursena, with transverse brown bands j the sides of 



the body reticulated with brown, and the dorsal fin as long 



as the body. 

 Gyrnnothorax reticularis. Block. 12. p. 71. t. 4l6. 



IN size and general form this resembles the pre- 

 ceding species, but differs in colours and in the dis- 

 position of the dorsal fin, which commences im- 

 mediately at the back of the head, and is continued 

 round the tail where it unites with the vent-fin: the 

 head and mouth are small ; the eyes rather large, 

 and situated very near the upper lip : the jaws arr 



