1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1313 



of the mesial teeth are minute subulate, headed by one longer than the 

 rest, which are at first placed in a double, but terminate in a single 

 series. Neither tongue nor lateral line are distinguishable. The vertical 

 diameter at the occiput is contained 1\ times in the length of the head. 

 The anus is situated half the length of the head behind the middle of 

 the total length. The gill-opening is small, oval and placed obliquely, 

 nearer the abdomen than the back. The dorsal commences three diame- 

 ters of the eye in front of the gill-openings. The rays increase in length 

 towards the posterior half of the tail where they are \ of the length of 

 the head. The caudal is but \ of the head and so closely attached to 

 the dorsal and anal that its origin cannot be distinguished. The anal 

 commences a little behind the vent : it resembles the dorsal. All the 

 fin rays are double, and hid in the membrane. This species greatly 

 resembles Murcena tile^ (Buchanan Hamilton,) which, however, may 

 be distinguished by a slightly differing dentition, by the vent being 

 situated one or two diameters of the eye before the middle of the total 

 length, and by its colours. Single individuals of M. thyrsoidea occur 

 at all seasons at Pinang. 



Murcena sathete, (Buchanan Hamilton.) 



Mursenophis sathete, Buchan. Ham. 17, 363. 



Lycodontis longicaudata, McClelland : Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. 



V. 187. PI. VIII. Fig. 2. 

 Strophidon longicaudata, McClelland: ibid. 215. 

 Mureena sathete, Richardson : Voy. Erebus and Terror, 91. 

 Head, body and fins dark greenish olive, throat and abdomen green- 

 ish yellow. 



C > ? 

 A J 



Br. IX. 



* Syn. Muranophis tile, Buchan. Ham. 18, 163. (Synon. excl.) — Lyco- 

 dontis literata, McClelland : Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. V. 186, PI. VII. Fig. 2— 

 Lycodontis punctata, McClelland, ibid, 187, PI. VII. Fig. 3.— Strophidon literata, 

 McClelland, ibid. 215.— Strophidon punctata, McClelland, ibid. 215. — Strophi- 

 don maculata, McClelland, (Murcenophis tile bairn, Buchan. MS.) ibid. PI. 

 VIII. Fig. 1. 



f Mr. McClelland counts; D 484, A 394, (1. c, 187.) 



8 f 2 



