1294 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Dec, 



SUBORDO PHYSOSTOMI APODES. 



FAM, MUR/ENOIDiE. 



Gen. Conger. Cuvier, 1817. 



(Mur^nesox, McClelland, 1843.*) 



The dorsal commences very near, or even above the pectorals ; in all 

 species known the upper jaw is the longer. 



Conger talabon, Cuvier. 



Russel, XXXVIII. Tala Bon. 



Conger (Mursena) talabon, Cuv. R. A. 350. ( 4 ). 



Mursenesox lanceolata, McClelland, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. IV. 409. 



Mursenesox exodon, McClelland, ibid. 



Mursenesox serradentata, (Russell, XXXVIII.) McClelland, ibid. 



Mursenesox exodentata, McClelland, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. V. 180, 

 PI. VIII. Fig. 4, and page 210, "PI. VI. Fig. 3" {erroneous 

 reference) . 



Mursenesox lanceolata, McClelland, ibid, 181 "PI. VI. Fig. 3" 

 (erroneous reference) and page 210, "PI. VI. Fig. 3" (erroneous 

 reference). 



Mursenesox serradentata, McClelland, ibid. 210. 



Conger talabon, Bleeker : Verh. Batav. Gen. XXII. 6. 



Head above, back and sides above the lateral line golden greenish- or 

 brownish-olive, minutely dotted with black ; upper lip, cheeks, opercles 

 and lower half of the sides lighter golden olive ; under lip, throat and 

 abdomen milk-white ; dorsal, caudal and posterior half of anal pale 

 olive, transparent, minutely dotted and edged with black ; anterior half 

 of anal transparent white ; pectorals transparent yellowish. Iris golden. 



Young individuals, frequenting estuaries, are of darker, less golden 

 colours. 



* " Absence of tubular nostrils" is given as a character distinguishing Murce- 

 nesox from Conger. The character, however, is incorrect, as in all the supposed 

 species of Mr. McClelland the anterior apertures of the nostrils are provided with 

 a tube, which is very distinct in the living fish. 



