2 9 2 



Height 26 30; head about 10, about 2 ! / 3 in trunk; head 

 and trunk nearly twice in tail. Eye less than 1 5 ; more than 

 one and a half times in snout. Cleft of mouth reaching far 



behind eye, thrice in length of head. 



Origin of dorsal above or somewhat 



j-jfe behind gillopenings. Pectorals twice 



/ \ :: or somewhat more in length of head. 



j: v. 3j j: '$. Teeth small, with the points directed 



:/ ; ijl-; : ; jg. backward, of equal size, forming in 



:V I- >; '< ;: the maxillaries a broadish band, 



* .**"? "** ***" 



; 3 ;:$ \ ':!. broadening posteriorly; in the man- 



| v i? v *yjff dibles a narrower band; that of 



the vomer narrow and of 2 series 

 Fig. 136. Dentition of Cirrhi- o f tee th; on the intermaxillary plate 



muraena tapeinopterus. a teeth on , . , . , . A 



. . about six teeth in 2 series, distant 



intermaxillary plate, m maxillary, 



md mandibulary, v vomerine teeth. fr m tne Others. Brown, darker 



X 3.5. above, lighter below. Length about 



300 mm. 



Habitat: Java, Celebes (Makassar!); Flores !. Philippines. 

 In sea. 



2. Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup 

 [Fig. 134, 135, p. 290,291]. 



Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, Cat. Apod, fish 1856, p. 27. 



Ophisurus polyodon Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-neerl. VIII. 1 860, Achtste Bijdr. 



Vischfauna Sumatra p. 86. 



Cirrhimuraena polyodon Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 41. 

 Ophichthys chinensis Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 75. 

 Cirrhimuraena chinensis Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 50. 



Height 32 35 ; head 8.5 to more than 9, more than twice 

 in trunk. Head and trunk 1.7 to nearly twice in tail. Eye 16 18, 

 somewhat more than twice in snout. Cleft of mouth reaching 

 far behind eye, 2.5 to 2.7 in length of head. Origin of dorsal 

 above gillopenings. Pectorals narrow and long, conspicuously 

 more than twice in length of head. Teeth small, with the points 

 directed backward, of equal size, forming in the maxillaries a 

 broad band; that in the mandibles is narrower and poste- 

 riorly reduced, that of vomer broad with about 4 series 

 of teeth; on the intermaxillary plate an irregular group of 

 about 10 teeth, distant from the others. Brown, darker above, 

 lighter below. Length more than 350 mm. 



