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PISCES APODES. 
FISHES WHICH WANT VENTRAL FINS. 
MUPwENA. 
GENERIC 
Caput lave. Mares tubulosa. Mernbrana 
branchiostega radiis x. Oculi cute com- 
muni tecti. Corpus teretiusculum, lubri- 
cum. Pinna cauda Coaduncda dor soli 
anique. Spiracula pone caput vel pinnas 
pectorales. 
CHARACTER. 
The head smooth; the nostrils tubular. The 
branchial membrane has x. rays. The 
eyes covered with the common skin. The 
body roundish, slippery. The dorsal, 
caudal, and anal fins united Spiracles 
behind the head, or pectoral fins. 
No. XXXI. 
Mur jena unicolor, maxilla inferiore longiore. 
The Murjena of one colour; with the lower maxillae longer than the upper. 
Called by the Natives Chowloo Pamoo or Malgumaru. 
Mur ana Anguilla Linn. S. M.p. 426. 
This fish agreeing in all material points with the Eel in England, differs somewhat in colour. The head, 
back, and dorsal fin are nearly black; the throat and belly of a reddish or yellowish brown; the anal fin is of 
a lighter reddish brown than that of the belly. 
The subject was from the Ankapilly Lake, and measured in length, twenty-one inches; but they are found 
of a much larger size. 
No. XXXII. 
Mur /ena pinnis pedoralibus carens; corpore purpureo obscuro, maculis parvis albidis. 
The Murjena without pectoral fins; of an obscure purple colour, spotted with small 
whitish spots. 
Called by the Natives Calamaia Paum. 
The body roundish, thick, long, tapering, and somewhat compressed; without scales, flabby and oily. 
The head not broader than the neck, the front convex; the rostrum long, projecting like a bird’s beak, tri¬ 
angular. The mouth very wide, straight; the upper jaw a little longer than the lower; both set with a regular 
