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is pointed and flattened laterally; they are situated behind 

 middle of cleft of mouth, which is wide and goes 4 times in 

 head. Posterior nostrils somewhat inflated and situated below 

 anterior third of eye; anterior nostrils in a tube opposite to 

 the tip of the lower jaw. Anal low, commencing immediately 

 behind anus; dorsal rudimentary, therefore its origin indistinct 



k 



Fig. 126. Mtiraenichthys huysmani (M. Web.). 

 a lateral, b ventral view, v anterior, h posterior nostril, k gillopening. 



but probably opposite to anus, dorsal and anal posteriorly 

 produced as a keel. Gillopenings principally situated ventrally, 

 only slightly converging anteriorly. Teeth in the jaws in 2 

 series. Dark above, light below. Length 115 mm. [Type of 

 the species in the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam]. 

 Habitat: Flores: Strait Molo, sandy bottom, 69 91 M. depth!. 



8. Muraenichthys acutirostris n.sp. 



Height about 40 48; head 9.2; 2.5 in trunk; head and 

 trunk 1.6 in tail. Eye situated in the anterior fifth of the head; 



Fig. 127. Muraenichthys acutirostris n.sp. X IO - 



slightly before the middle of the cleft of the mouth. Snout 

 very pointed and prominent. Cleft of mouth somewhat less 

 than 3 times in length of head, reaching nearly as far behind 



