MURiENA. MURAENA. 



Generic Character* 



Corpus anguilliforme. 

 Pinna pectorales nullse. 

 Spiraculum utrinque ad la- 

 tera colli. 



Body eel-shaped. 

 Pectoral fins none. 

 Spiracle on each side the 

 neck. 



ROMAN MURtENA. 



Mtiraena Romana. M. olivaceo-fusca, flavo mriata. 

 Olive-brown Muraena with yellow variegations. 

 Muraena Helena. M. pinnis pectoralibus nullis. Lin. $yst* 

 Nat. p. 425. 



Gymnothorax Muraena. Block, ichtk. 12. p. 67, Murma 



Helena. 5. p. 28. t. 153. 

 Muraena omnium autorum. Will, ichth.p. 103. t. G. 1. 



ThIS fish, the celebrated favourite of the ancient 

 Romans, who considered it as one of the most 

 luxurious articles of the table, is found in consider- 

 able plenty about several of the Mediterranean 

 coasts, where it arrives at a size at least equal, if 

 not superior, to that of an eel. Its colour is a dusky 

 greenish brown, pretty thickly variegated on all 

 parts with dull yellow subangular marks or patches, 

 which are disposed in a somewhat different manner 

 in different individuals, and are generally scattered 

 over with smaller specklings of brown; the whole 



