916 
Oxystomi^ 
serpens (Linnaeus) 
Muraena serpens LINNAEUS, Syst, Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 
244, Southern European Ocean; ed. 12, pt. 1, 1766, 
p. 425 (copied). — BRUffNICH, Ichth. Massll., 1768, 
p, 11 (Marsallles). — CETTI, Fauna Sardica, 1784, p. 
25. — BONNATERRE, Tabl, Ichth., 1788, p, 34 (Med¬ 
iterranean), — GMELIN, Syst, Nat. Linnaeus, 1789, pt, 
1, p, 1133 (Southern European Ocean), — WALBAUM, 
Artedl Pise., vol, 3, 1792, p. 149 (copied). ~ SCH¬ 
NEIDER, Syst, Ichth, Bloch, 1801, p. 487 (European 
Ocean), — BOSC, Nouv, Diet. Hist, Nat. Paris, vol. 23, 
1818, p. 539 (Mediterranean), — KAUP, Archiv Naturg,, 
1856, pt. 1, p, 44 (reference); Cat, Apodal Fish Brit, 
Mus., 1856, p, 7 (Naples, Cape of Good Hope, Japan). 
