698 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



" This, the ' commou eel,' is abundant everywhere, and seems 

 equally at home in the rivers and small rivulets, with scarcely 

 sufficient water to cover them." 



A. vulgaris, Raf. (acutirostris, Risso.) European Eel. 



Distance from snout to dorsal less ; from anal to dorsal more ; 

 head shorter, and pectoral as long as mandible. Accredited by 

 Giinther to New Jersey. 



LBPTOOEPHALUS, Gmel. 



(Conger. Mursena.) 



L. conger, L. (niger, vulgaris, C., ocddentalis and Isognatha oceanica 

 Abbott's Catalogue.) Conger Eel. Sea Eel. 



Jaws equal ; skin scaleless ; lateral line present ; gill openings 

 large ; short patch of teeth on vomer ; dorsal close behind pec- 

 torals; cleft of mouth deep; pectorals one-third as long as head. 

 Length, 4 to 8 feet; darker above than A. rostrata. 



" This sea eel is not abundantly met with anywhere along our 

 coast." 



SIMENOHBLYS, Gill. 



S. parasiticus, Gill. (A. macrocephala Abbott's Catalogue.) Bull- 

 headed Eel (?). Pug-nosed Eel. 



Differs in having head blunt at snout; gill opening very 

 short ; teeth rounded, none on vomer, &c. ; buries in flesh of 

 halibut. New Foundland banks. It is doubtful if following 

 refers to this and not to a variety of one of preceding. 



" Occasionally a heavy-headed species of eel is taken in the 

 Delaware River and brought to the markets. A specimen of 

 this description was purchased by the writer in Trenton market 

 in August, 1865." [C. C. A.] 



