460 Annals of the tioulli African Mn*<:tnn. 



Mou Lli extending to below posterior border <>i eye or 

 beyond ; teeth on sides of jaw in 2 series, separated 

 by a longitudinal groove or interspace (young), or 

 in a single or double series with an inner detached 

 series of minute, sometimes very indistinct teeth . A. bengalim*!*. <i:;i\ 



2. Dorsal originating above or slightly in advance of 

 vent ; teeth on sides of jaw in 4 (young) to 10 

 series . .... . A. australis, Rich. 



1. ANGUILLA MOSSAMBICA, Peters. 



Tribranchus anguillaris, Peters, in J. Mull. Abbaiid. Ak. Berl., 1844, 

 p. 199. 



Muraena (Anyuilla') mossambica, Peters, Mun. Berl. Ac., 1852, 

 p. 684. 



Anguilla celebesensis, Kaup, Cat. Apod. Fish., p. 42 (1856) ; M. Web., 

 Zool. Jalirb., Suppl. xv, i, 1912, p. 585. tigs. 



Anguilla delalandii, Kaup, t.c., p. 50, pi. viii, fig. 41 (1856) ; Bleelc. 

 Viscli. v. d. Kaap, p. 56, name only (I860); Giinth., Cat. Fish , viii, 

 p. S3 (1870) ; Sauvage, Hist. Madagascar, Poiss., p 498, pi. 1, Kg. 6 

 (1891) ; Gilchr., Cat. Fish. Mar. Inv. S. Afr., i, 1902. p. 154. 



AiKjiriUa capensis, Kaup, Abh Nat. Ver. Hamb., iv, 2, 1859, p. 18, 

 pi. ii, fig. 2; Cast. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr., p. 78 (1861). 



Anguilla labiata (part.), Playf. and Giinth., Fish. Zanzibar, p. 124, 

 ng. (1866). 



Anguilla mossanibica, Peters, Reise Mossamb., iv, p. 98, pi. xviii, 

 fig. 1 (1868) ; Giintl)., t.c., p. 28 (1870) ; M. Wi-b., t.c., p. 590 ( 1912) ; 

 Bouleng , Freshw. Fish. At'r., iii, p. 6 (1915). 



Angmlla a,neitensis,Guni\\., t.c.,}). 84(1870) ; M. Web., Fische Aru- 

 und Kei-Ins., p. 22 (1911). 



Anguilla virescens (part.), Giinth., t.c., p. 35 (1870). 



Anguilla megastoma, Kaup, Cat. Apod. Fish., p. 80 (1856); Jord. 

 and Seale, Fish. Samoa, p. 192 (1906). 



Teeth in moderately broad bands of four to six series, tapering 

 posteriorly ; vomerine teeth in a similar band narrowing posteriorly. 

 Mouth extending to below or a little beyond posterior border of eye ; 

 lower jaw projecting. Distance from end of snout to gill-opening 2~ 

 to 2f times in distance from end of snout to vent. Tail much longer 

 than body. Origin of dorsal much in advance of vent, nearly midway 

 between pectoral and vent or slightly nearer the latter. Pectoral 2-^ 

 to 2 1 times in its distance from end of snout. 



Colour (of preserved specimens) olive green or brown above, yellowish 

 or whitish beneath. 



