342 



Moringua abbreviate, Jordan Scale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXVIII. 1905. p. 773. 

 ? Aphthalmichthys intermedius J. D. Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland XX. 



(1906) 1907. p. 9. 



Moringua abbreviata Gunther, Fische d. Sttdsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 406. 

 Aphthalmichthys abbreviates M. Weber, Fische Siboga-Exped. 1913, p. 52. 



Height 40 58; head 10.5 (when young) 13.3; 6.18.1 in 

 trunk. Tail 2 2.6 in length of head and trunk. Eye minute, 

 hidden below skin. Cleft of mouth 4.7 5.3 in length of head, 

 reaching behind eye. Lower jaw prominent. The distance of 

 the origin of the anal from anus goes I ! / 3 to 2 times in length 

 of head. The distance of the origin of the dorsal from that 

 of the anal goes 2 5 times in the length of the head. Teeth 

 conical, pointed, recurved, uniserial, the upper anterior and 

 those of the mandible stronger, fanglike. Brownish above, 

 lighter below. Length 392 mm. 



Nom. in dig. : Ikan boulat (Upper Langkat, after Volz). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Lake of river Wampu, Upper Langkat); 

 Java (Prigi); Batu Island; Celebes (Menado); Sangir Islands; 

 Island Serbete, North of Flores, reef!; Timor; Ambon, reef!; 

 Ceram; Ternate; Island Saonek near Waigeu, reef!; Kei Islands!; 

 Dutch North New Guinea on different localities at Humboldt 

 Bay!. -- Fidji Islands, Philippines, Riu Kiu Islands; (? North 

 Australia after Ogilby). 



Living near shore and on reefs in mud, sand and gravels; 

 is also found in brackish water at the mouth of brooks and rivers. 



7. Moringua javanica (Kaup). [Fig. 164, p. 336]. 



Aphthalmichthys javanicus Kaup, Cat. Apodal Fish, 1856, p. 105. 

 Aphthalmichthys javanicus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. I. 1863, p. 164. 



Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 1 6. 



Moringua javanica Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 92. 

 Moringua hawaiiensis Snyder, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. XXII. (1902) 1904, p. 517. 

 Moringua hawaiiensis Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. XXIII. 



(1903) 1905, p. 86. 

 Moringua javanica Giinther, Fische der Sttdsee, Heft IX. 1910, p. 405. 



Height 67 95; head 12 (in very young) 22; 7.5 13 in 

 trunk. Tail 2 3.1 times in length of head and trunk. Eye 

 minute, thickly covered by skin. Cleft of mouth 5 5.5 in 

 length of head, reaching far behind eye. Lower jaw prominent. 

 The distance of the anal from anus somewhat more or less 

 than length of head. The origin of the dorsal somewhat before 

 or behind or opposite to that of anal. Dorsal and anal a very 



