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PISCES APODES. MUR^ENA. 
mouth straight, very large; the jaws long, the upper somewhat shorter than the lower; lips thickish. The 
teeth numerous, dissimilar: in the fore part of the under jaw, they were long, lanceolate, reflex, on the sides 
straight and depressed, in two rows, between which were numerous small granular teeth; in the upper jaw the 
teeth smaller, and covered by the lip. The palate also with long awl-form teeth, and two tuberculous rows. 
The tongue awl-form, smooth, tied. 
The eyes at the base of the rostrum, large, oval, covered with the skin of the head. A gaping, oval nostril, 
near each orbit, and two tubulous at the extremity of the rostrum. The branchial membrane had ten 
ossicles. 
No. XXXVII. 
Mur/Ena pinnis pectorcilibus carens; cauda apterygia cuspidala. 
The Mur/Ena without pectoral and caudal fins; the tail terminating in a sharp point. 
Called by the Natives Manti Bukaro Paumu. 
The body perfectly round, tapering to a sharp point, smooth, without scales. 
The head long, narrow, depressed, projecting into a sharp pointed rostrum. The mouth large, lips thin, the 
upper jaw longest, both set regularly with teeth. The eyes vertical, small; the nostrils on the edge of the 
rostrum tubulous. On the crown behind the eyes, about a dozen of white punctuli form an arch, with two 
parallel lines projecting towards the nose. 
The trunk round; the tail flattened a little towards the end, terminates in a point, without any fin. The 
lateral line straight. The anus in the middle. 
The fins. The dorsal and anal very narrow ; the first rises near the head, the other close to the anus : both 
are continued to very near the point of the tail. No pectoral fin. 
The colour of the back brownish, with several transverse streaks tending to the lateral line; between which 
line and the belly, is a long bluish-gray streak. 
The leiigth, one foot. 
