GREEN MUR.&NA. 33 



very thickly beset on all parts with innumerable 

 small round white spots, which are somewhat less 

 regular or more confluent on the head and breast 

 than elsewhere: eyes small; mouth wide; teeth 

 sharp and numerous. Native of the Southern 

 ocean. 



COLUBRINE MURjENA. 



Muraena Colubrina. M. corpore fastiis annulatis alternatiw 



flans nigrisque variegato. 

 Muraena with the body variegated by alternate yellow and 



black bands. 

 Muraena Colubrina. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1133. 



LENGTH about two feet : habit long and slender : 

 colour pale, or yellowish-white : marked through- 

 out by numerous equidistant widish bands of black 

 or brown, passing through the fins: body said to 

 be covered with very small scales : snout sharp- 

 pointed; eyes very small. Native of the Indian 

 seas. 



GREEN MURAENA. 



Muraena Viridis. M. viridis, maculis creberrimis rufo-fusds. 

 Grass-green Muraena, with very numerous rufous-brown spots.' 

 Serpens Marinus Americanus,, &c. Seb. 3. t. 70. /. 2. 



THIS, which is sufficiently described as to its 

 general appearance by the specific character an- 

 v. iv. P. i. 3 



