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Body very long^ cylindrical^ soroetimes worm like* Head usually 
ill defined, small or moderate* Snout somewhat protrudes beyond lower 
Jaw, conic, small* "^ye small, well advanced* Mouth cleft usually ex¬ 
tends behind eye* Teeth in Jaws and on vomer* Nostrils on edge of 
upper lip, front one initube, posterior at base of pendulous flap* C^ill 
openings very small, lateral, separated by broad isthmus* Lateral line 
axial* Dorsal origin far behind gill openings, before, above or slight¬ 
ly behind vent* Vertical fins confluent, usually low* No pectoral* 
Small worm like eels of the Indo Pacific, living in the sea near 
shore, pelagic or found about reefs and sandy shores* In the following 
key as I have been unable to consult the description of Muraenichthvs 
^odeffrovi Regan. I have been unable to insert it* 
The following imperfectly described and therefore doubtful: 
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