BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.R.S.E., ETC., AND J. DOUGLAS OGILBY. 1023 



the length of the head. The anal commences beneath the fortieth 

 dorsal ray. Colors — uniform pale brownish-yellow; the vertical 

 tins grey with a narrow black margin; irides silvery. 



The specimen from which the above description has been drawn 

 up, was picked out from among a number of small eels from the 

 Pai'ramatta River bi-ought by the prawn fishers to the Sydney 

 market, and is eleven and a quarter inches in length. The greater 

 length of its tail distinguishes it at once from C. habenata, in 

 which the tail and trunk are subequal 



