MUILENAS. 



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Ancient Eomans is Murcena helena, which is not confined to 

 the Mediterranean, but also found in the Indian Ocean and 

 on the coast of Australia. Its skin is of a rich brown, beauti- 

 fully marked with large yellowish spots, each of which con- 

 tains smaller brown spots. 







Fig. 306. — Mursena picta, from the Indo-Paeific. 



Gym/nomurmna differs from Murcena in having the fins 

 reduced to a short rudiment near the end of the tail. Six 



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«!na vittata, from Cuba. 



species are known growing to a length of eight feet. 



Myroconger and Enchdycore belong to the same sub-family 



