inner row of 3 6 longer ones, which are wanting in old speci- 

 mens. Intermaxillary plate with a peripheral series of 12 20 

 teeth, most of them very long canines, and with a mesial 

 series of 3 4 canines. Vomer with about 10 conical teeth in 

 one series. Mandibles with a row of 35 40 rather small teeth, 

 near the symphysis however some of them are large canines; 



HI! mmmm 

 mmmf^^ 



Fig. 184. Muraena (Gymnothorax'} schisniatorhynchus Blkr. 

 (After the type of KAUP). 



in young specimens there is near the symphysis an inner row 

 of 2 or 3 canines. Grayish brown, lighter below, fins with a 

 diffuse submarginal dark band and a white margin. Length 

 more than 800 mm. [Specimens quoted by BLEEKER from the 

 Leiden Museum and the type of KAUP seen by us]. 

 Habitat: Sumatra (Benkulen); Java!; Timor!. Samoa Islands. 



4. Muraena (Gymnothorax) meleagris Shaw. 



Muraena meleagris Shaw, Natur. Miscell. 1809, pi. 220. 



Muraena meleagris Richardson, Voy. Erebus & Terror, Fish. 1844, P- 93 



Muraena. griseo-badia Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, VIII. 1855, p. 325 



[nee Richardson]. 



Muraena Duivenbodei Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie, X, 1856, p. 385. 

 Thyrsoidea chlorostigma Kaup, Cat. Apod, fish 1856, p. 89. 

 Thyrsoidea meleagris Kaup, Ibid. p. 91. 



Muraena buroensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indie XIII. 1857, p. 79. 

 Muraena chlorostigma Bleeker, Ibid. XV. 1858, p. 160. 



Thyrsoidea euros td Abbott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia 1860, p. 478. 

 Gymnothorax Duivenbodei Bleeker, All. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 89. 

 Gymnothorax buroensis Bleeker, Ibid. p. 90. 

 Gymnothorax chlorostigma Bleeker, Ibid. p. 97. 

 Gymnothorax griseo-badius Bleeker, Ibid. p. 105 [nee Richardson]. 

 Muraena meleagris Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 100. 

 Muraena buroensis Gunther, Ibid. p. 114. 

 Muraena duivenbodii Giinther, Ibid. p. 114. 

 Muraena meleagris Day, Fish. India 4. 18781888, p. 668. 

 Muraena afra Max Weber, In Semon Zoolog. Forschungsreisen V. 1895. P- 2 75 



[nee Bloch, nee Gunther]. 



Lycodontis euros/a Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia 1900, p. 494. 

 Lycodontis parvibranchialis Fowler, Ibid. p. 494. 

 Muraena laysana Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wien LXX. 1900, p. 515. 



