Apodal Fishes of Bengal. 



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Dalophis SCARPA, Raf. 

 Swains. Nat. Hist. 

 Rept.U,p. 221. 



/Dorsal and anal increase in breadth 

 ,1 before they reach the end of the 

 an \ tail where they terminate abruptly. 

 V. Hab. — Coasts of Sicily. 



/Dorsal and anal of uniform breadth 

 Dalophis orientalis, Nob. ! with a cluster of large mucus pores 



Mauntibukram paun. Russell Ind.\ on the top of the head. 

 Fishes No. 37. V Hab. — Coromandel Coast. 



Colour flesh red with eighteen trans- 

 verse bands, between the two first 

 of which upon the head there is a 

 bright yellow appearance. Teeth 

 strong and hooked : the dorsal com- 

 mences before the branchial aper- 

 tures. 



N.B. — This cannot, as Dr. Riippell 

 supposed, be M. Reticulata, Bl. or 

 Murcenophis colubrina, Lacep. which 

 has small pectoral fins, and was 

 placed on that account by Baron 

 Cuvier in the genus Ophisurus, and 

 is besides a native of New England. 



Hab. — Red Sea. 



Dalophis rupellijE, Nob. 

 Murcena Reticulata, Fauna North 

 Africa, p. 117. 



Dalophis geometrica. 

 Murcena Geometrica, Rupp. Fishes 



of the Red Sea. In Faun. North 



Africa, t. 30 /. 1 . 



TDorsal and anal of uniformly narrow 

 and continued to the end of the 

 tail : a lateral row of mucus pores 

 on either side of the crown joined 

 <J to a cross row behind ; colour light 

 brown, mottled with dark brown 

 spots. Several rows of teeth in 



■ the centre of the mouth. 



LHab. — Red Sea. 



Dalophis tigrina. 



Murcena Tigrina, Rupp. Fishes J 

 of the Red Sea. In Fauna \ 

 North Africa, t. 36. /. 2. 



"Dorsal commences over the branchial 

 apertures and form a narrow con- 

 tinuation round the end of the tail, 

 the anus is placed at the anterior 

 third of the body which is marked 

 with brown spots, several rows of 

 hooked teeth on the jaws and pai- 

 late, 



Hab. — Red Sea. 



VIII. Gen.— Murcena. Nob. 

 Dorsal commences behind the brdnchial apertures : palatine 

 bones compressed so as to form a narrow ridge along the 

 roof of the mouth, where there is a single irregular row of 

 teeth in addition to a single row on the maxillaries. 



