254 



Ophisurus rostratus Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, 1846, p. 242. 



Congrus tricuspidatus Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Fish. 1846, p. 105. 



Conger hamo Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss. 1846, p. 262. 



Conger bagio Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, III. 1852, p. 777. 



Conger singapurensis Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. XXV. 1855, Muraenoiden, 



p. 21. 



Murdenesox bagio Kaup, Catal. Apodal fish. 1856, p. 116. 

 Muraenesox bagio Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 24. 

 Muraenesox singapurensis Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 25. 

 Muraenesox singapurensis Kner, Fische Novara-Exp. 1865 1867, p. 371. 

 Muraenesox bagio Kner, Ibid., p. 373. 



Muraenesox cinereus Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 46. 

 Muraenesox cinereus Klunzinger, Verh. Zool. botan. Gesellsch. Wien, XXI. 



1871, p. 608. 



Muraenesox cinereus Day, Fish. India 4. 1878 1888, p. 662. 

 Muraenesox cinereus Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901^3.857. 

 Muraenesox cinereus Gunther, Fische d. Siidsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 395. 

 Muraenesox cinereus Scale, Philippine Journ. of Sc. V. No. 4, 1910, p. 265. 



Height more or less than 20 ; head 6 7. Anus about in 

 the beginning of the third fifth of the length. Eye 8 10 in 

 head and about 4 times in 

 snout. Teeth in upper jaw in 

 three series, the inner one 

 curved and separated by an 

 edentulous interspace from 

 the 2 other series of which 

 the inner one has by far the 

 largest teeth, which are com- 

 pressed. In the lower jaw 3 

 series of teeth, an inner 

 shorter, irregular one with 

 small teeth, a middle one with 

 large compressed and an outer 

 one with small teeth. The 

 middle one of each side ending 

 near the symphysis with a 

 large canine, round which the 

 outer series is produced with 

 six or seven large teeth. 



Fig. 104. Opened mouth of Muraenesox 



T , .,, , . ... cinereus (Forsk.). Outer series of m maxil- 



Intermaxillary plate with a , , ^ f ,., . ., , 



* r lary, md of mandibulary teeth. a single 



group of about 810 canines, tooth of vomer . x l3/4 . 



followed on the vomer by a 



median row of about 10 15 compressed teeth, the posterior 

 ones of large size, with a basal lobe in front and behind. At 



