314 report — 1845. 



possesses also a specimen of Ophisurus hijala, Buch. Ham. Icon. Hardw. Mai. 300, noted as 

 having been taken in a salt-water lake. 



Ophisurus ? vimineus, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph.p. 107. pi. 52. 

 f. 16-20. 



This Ophisurus differs much from the blunt-toothed species and resembles the Sphagebran- 

 chi in its acute, elongated snout. Another species of an orange colour and slightly speckled 

 on the back inhabits the Sooloo archipelago on the north side of Borneo. A drawing of it, 

 made by Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Adams of the Samarang, exists in the British Museum. 



Hab. China. Specimen in Sir Edward Belcher's collection. 



Fam. MuiuenidjE, M'Clelland. 



Murtena isingleena, Richardson, Ichth. Voy. of Sulphur, p. 108. pi. 48. 

 f. 1. Icon. Reeves, 237; Hardw. Mai. 305. Chinese name, T sing teen 

 chuy, " Blue spotted club" (Birch) ; Ching teem chuy, " Blue spotted mu- 

 rcena " (Reeves). Genus, Murcena, Thunberg ; Gymnothorax, Bloch. 

 Cuv. Reg. An. ii. p. 351. Div. 1. dentibus uno ordine. 

 Hab. Canton. Mr. Reeves has deposited two specimens in the British Museum. 



Murjen A ? Temm. et Schl. {Murcenophis). 



A specimen labelled thus exists in the British Museum. It is 22 inches long, is finely 

 mottled and clouded, and has a single row of sharp subulate teeth on the jaws. 



Hab. Japan. 



Mur^ena variegata, Temm. et Schl. {Murcenophis). 



A Murcena, so named by the authors of the ' Fauna Japonica,' exists in the British Museum. 

 It much resembles M. thyrsoidea, but differs in its dentition, viz. in having a single row of 

 conical, compressed and very acute teeth on each jaw, and two rows of minute ones on the 

 roof of the mouth. The specimen is 18 inches long. 



Hab. Japan. 



Murcena reevesii, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 109. pi. 48. f. 2. 

 Icon. Reeves, 68 ; Hardw. 304?. Chinese name, La chuy, "Wax club" 

 (Birch) ; La chuey, " Waxen eel " (Reeves). {Div. incerta.) 

 Hab. Canton. No specimen. 



Murjena thyrsoidea, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 111. pi. 49. 



f. 1. Icon. Reeves, 220; Hardw. 304. "Lower figure. Chinese name, 



Hwa chuy, " Flowery club " (Birch) ; Ta chuy, " Flowered chuy " (Reeves). 



Genus, Strophidon, M'Clelland. 



The British Museum possesses two of Mr. Reeves's specimens. 



Hab. Canton. 



Obs. Murana tessellata, Ichth. of Sulph. p. 109. pi. 55. f. 5-8, being part of Sir Edward 

 Belcher's collection, and M. pavonina, ibid. p. 110. pi. 53. f. 1-G, may be inhabitants of the 

 Chinese seas, but the place of their capture was not recorded. 



Murjena cerino-nigra, Icon. Reeves, nullo numero, non Hardw. Length 

 of drawing 7f inches. Div. incerta. 



This drawing apparently represents a Murana with very low fins. The general colour is 

 a light wax-yellow with greenish tints and many blackish spots. A row of larger, round and 

 nearly equidistant spots runs along the middle of the body, and on the top of the back and 

 margins of the tail the spots assume the form of very short oblique bars. The throat and 

 belly are tinged with carmine. Upper jaw obtuse and projecting slightly beyond the lower 

 one. Nostrils not represented as tubular. 



Hab. Canton. 



Fam. Sphagebranchidte, Muller. 



Moringua lumbricoidea, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 113. 

 pi. 56. f. 7-11. Genus, Moringua, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 9. 



Hab. China. Specimen in Sir Edward Belcher's collection 10 inches long. 



