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Apodal Fishes of Bengal. 



Conger Americana, Forks. 

 RilppelVs Fishes of the Red Sae, j 

 and Northern Africa, t. 29, 1. 



Conger longicollis, Cuv. 

 Lacep. l\.t.3.f. 52. 



' Jaws of nearly equal length, provid- 

 ed with a row of thickly set fine 

 hooked teeth. Dorsal commences 

 behind the pectorals. Colour dark 

 greenish grey above, white below, 

 both colours forming incomplete 

 bars on the sides. 



I 



I Hab.— Red Sea. 



Upper jaw longer than the lower. 



N. B. — No detailed description has 

 been given of it, but according to 

 Cuvier, it has been figured in La- 

 cepe for the Myre. 



III. Gen* — Mur/Enesox, Nob. 



Jaws elongated and narrow, without tubular nostrils ; 

 a row of prominent distant sharp teeth along the centre of 

 the vomer, with a row of short conical teeth on either side 

 of the same. Several large scattered teeth at the apex of 

 the jaws, 



r Vomerial teeth compressed and tri- 



M«R*N E SOX TRICUSP.DATA, Nob. T^^f^ltP T™ In™ 



r, i t \? * u -4. 7 • ges before and behind. 1 wo rows 



Cat Jour. Nat. Hist. vol. iv. <{ » f h Qn each ^ f h { 



*.xxiv./ 1. | jaw . 



LHab. — Bengal and China. 



r Vomerial teeth long, with a single 

 lanceolate point, with cutting ed- 

 ges before and behind. Two rows 

 of teeth on each side of the lower 

 jaw. 

 Hab. — Bengal. 



Murjenesox lanceolata, Nob, 

 *.vi./. 3. 



Mur;enesox exodentata, 

 t. vi, f, 3. 



Nob. 



r Vomerial teeth long 

 i Two rows of teeth 



and conical. 



on each side 



J of the lower jaw, and a third outer 



row of lateral teeth presenting their 



I points horizontally outwards. 



La 



ab. — Bay of Bengal. 



MlJRJENESOXSERRADENTATA,Nob. f Vomerial teeth serrate d 



Ophidum talabon, Bus,, bid. Fish- { HAB ._ Coromandel Coast< 

 es, No. ,58. 



MUR>ENE80X HAMILTONU, Nob. 



L viii./. 3. 



\ Hab.— I 



{Jaw 

 of 

 Hab 



Jaws seem shorter than those of the 

 >thers. 

 •Bengal. 



